Commission Decision of 19 December 2008 setting up the Committee of Experts on Posting of Workers (2009/17/EC)

Article 2 Tasks

The tasks of the Committee shall be to:

1.

support and assist the Member States in identifying and promoting the exchange of experience and good practices;

2.

promote the exchange of relevant information, including information on existing forms of (bilateral) administrative cooperation between the Member States and/or social partners;

3.

examine any questions, difficulties and specific issues which might arise concerning the implementation and practical application of Directive 96/71/EC or the national implementing measures, as well as its enforcement in practice;

4.

examine any difficulties which might arise in the application of Article 3(10) of Directive 96/71/EC;

5.

monitor the progress achieved in improving both access to information and administrative cooperation, and in that context, inter alia, assess the different options for a suitable technical support for the information exchange needed to enhance administrative cooperation, including an electronic information exchange system;

6.

examine possibilities to increase effective compliance with, and enforcement of workers’ rights and protection of their position, if necessary;

7.

engage in an in-depth examination of practical cross-border enforcement problems in order to solve existing problems, improve the practical application of existing legal instruments as well as to improve mutual assistance between Member States, if necessary.