EPSU note on the report adopted on 22 November by IMCO and SGEI
Please find attached a note on the text of draft services directive as amended by the IMCO Committee on 22 November.
In the note we ask affiliates in the run up to the plenary vote in Strasbourg on 15 February to:
continue to press for the general exclusion of SGI and SGEI from the directive (and not just SGI as agreed by IMCO) as proposed by Evelyne Gebhardt;
ensure that the exclusion of healthcare (agreed by IMCO) is maintained and that in addition, there is an explicit exclusion for social services, as well as for water and waste; and also to ensure a general exclusion of SGEI from Article 16 (not just those sectors listed).
support the ETUC positions on other elements of the directive (country of origin, labour law/collective bargaining...)
Further information will be sent regarding specific amendments to the plenary (to note, deadline for amendments is 8 February).
For arrangements regarding the demonstration, please refer to EPSU General Circular No. 18 sent on 19 December 2005.
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