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Cross-border social dialogue and agreements and should not put at risk nor undermine collective bargaining achievements at other levels (ICFTU, 2004b). Both the ICFTU and the ETUC share a positive but cautious approach to transnational social dialogue and collective bargaining at company level, stressing in particular that employees must be represented by trade unions and that transnational social dialogue at that level, as well as its outcome, should not undermine collective bargaining at other levels. Next steps Between 2004 and 2007, the initiative of the Commission evolved and gained in focus: the proposal that initially involved a “Community framework for transnational collective bargaining” embracing transnational collective bargaining at company, trans-border and sectoral levels, now concerns an optional framework for European framework agreements that are signed by EWCs in most cases. Recognizing that launching a legislative proposal for a framework for transnational collective bargaining and the associated formal consultation of the social partners would be premature at this stage, the Commission intends to take stock of the situation and make proposals for further steps in a communication now planned for mid-2008. References Ales, E. et al. 2006. “Transnational collective bargaining: Past, present and future”. Final report to the European Commission, Directorate General Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, (Brussels). Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/ employment_social/labour_law/docs/transnational_agreements_ales_study_en.p df [20 Jan. 2008] Ales, E. Forthcoming. “Establishing an optional legal framework for an EU transnational collective bargaining system: Grounds, instrument and contents of a suitable EC law intervention”, Discussion Paper Series (International Institute for Labour Studies, Geneva). European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). 2004. ETUC’s comments on the Commission communication “Partnership for Change in an Enlarged Europe: Enhancing the Contribution of European Social Dialogue”, adopted by the ETUC Executive Committee, (Brussels), 1 Dec. 2004. Available at: http:// education.etui-rehs.org/en/eu_information/library/6aDSFutpers-EN4-adopted. pdf [Dec. 2007]. 234
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