recognises the importance of digitalisation for the simplification and effectiveness of posting declarations and stresses the importance of combating non-compliance and fraud, which lead to unfair competition for businesses and degrade the protection of workers;
underlines that adoption of the regulation should be supported in advance by a proper impact assessment, in view of the simplification objectives that the proposed regulation is seeking to achieve;
calls for the regulation to specify in more detail the type of information being requested in the standard form and for the social partners to be involved in drawing it up.
On 21 May 2025 the EESC will hold an online event on the link between trade policy and sustainability, with a particular focus on agri-food systems. Through panel discussions, EESC members, representatives of the European Commission and of civil society will exchange views on the role of reciprocity in achieving a fair green transition.
