European Communities - Twenty-Second Report

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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 28 April 1998.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Paragraph
REPORT
PART 1 INTRODUCTION	1
PART 2 EXAMINATION OF ISSUES	8
Definition of the transfer of an undertaking, business or part of a business	8
Contracting-out after Süzen	10
Liability for pre-transfer debts to employees—joint liability	17
Insolvency situations	21
(a) Dismissals/Amendment of contracts	23
(b) Fraudulent proceedings	26
Information and consultation	28
PART 3 OPINION	35
Transfer of an undertaking	36
Joint liability	40
Insolvency situations	43
Information and consultation	47
Recommendation	52

Appendix 1—Membership of Sub-Committee E

Appendix 2—List of Witnesses

Appendix 3—Comparative table setting out the texts of Council Directive 77/187/EEC,   the Commission's Original and Amended Proposal

Appendix 4—Government Explanatory Memorandum on Council Directive 77/187/EEC

NOTE:  Pages of the report are numbered in bold type; pages of evidence are numbered in ordinary type. References in the text are as follows:

    (Q) refers to a question in oral evidence;

    (p) refers to a page of written evidence.

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