Confederation of European Security Services - Uni-Europa

Summary of the initiative

Name
Confederation of European Security Services - Uni-Europa
Objective(s)
The code contains principles linked to the selection and recruitment of workers, vocational training, working conditions, health and safety, equal opportunities and non-discrimination, work organisation and relations with customers, the police authorities and other undertakings in the sector. The code also lays down that, in countries where national regulations are insufficiently developed, the social partners will work to develop appropriate rules.

Description of the Initiative

    Sector

    Sector

    Contact Point - Commission
    EMPL F.1.

    Self/Co-Regulation Basic Act

    LEGISLATIVE ACT
    Year
    2007
    Title of Act
    Articles 154 and 155 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
    PRIVATE ACT
    Year
    2003
    Title of Act
    Code of conduct and ethics for the private security sector

    Geographical Coverage

    Global coverage
    Participating Countries
    Austria

    Description

    Problems that lead to the introduction of Self/Co-Regulation and the adoption of the Founding Act
    Low quality provided by amateur security services, low level of safety for employees;
    Target Group(s)
    Private security sector.
    Type of Instrument(s)
    (EU social dialogue text) http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/dsw/dspMain.do?lang=en. The EU social partners pursued an autonomous dialogue following the process of social dialogue but resulting in 'new generation agreements or autonomous agreements'. These are not transposed into legal acts and therefore do not fall in the remit of traditional social dialogue. Autonomous agreements or new generation agreements are implemented by the procedures and practices specific to management, labour and the Member States.
    Level(s) at which private rules should be defined and applied
    Type of Financing
    -
    Type of Monitoring
    Conduct an initial survey of compliance capacity of future regulateesConduct regular visits and spot checksInitiate complaints proceduresMaintain database of those bounded by the normsProduce regular reportsReceive complaints and verify if norms were breached or notReflexive dialogue with the - stakeholdersOther
    European Commissionyesyes
    National public authority
    International public authority
    Private regulator (code owner)yesyes
    Private independent party with a mandate (e.g. auditors)
    Self-appointed private parties (e.g. NGOs)
    Succinct description of the type of Monitoring
    No specific scheme, but general commitment. Monitoring is essentially left for the businesses themselves, though also the representative organisations (CoESS, UNI-Europa) have committed themselves to monitor and evaluate the code of conduct. While respecting the principle of the autonomy of the social partners, the Commission publishes autonomous agreements and informs the European Parliament and the Council after undertaking an ex-ante assessment as it does for Article 139(2) agreements to be implemented by Council decision. Upon the expiry of the implementation and monitoring period, while giving precedence to the monitoring undertaken by the social partners themselves, the Commission undertakes its own monitoring of the agreement, to assess the extent to which the agreement has contributed to the achievement of the Community's objectives.
    Type of Enforcement
    Faming, shaming and blamingJudicial sanctionsMembership suspension/exclusionPrivate finesOther
    Private Regulator
    Private independent party with a mandate (e.g. auditors)
    Court system
    Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) / Online dispute resolution (ODR)
    Succinct description of the type of Enforcement
    -

    Results of Commission Monitoring

    Year of last Monitoring Results
    2004
    Scoring
    Link / Reference of Evaluation
    <P>Communication from the Commission, Partnership for change in an enlarged Europe - Enhancing the contribution of European social dialogue, COM (2004)557, 12.08.2004</P>

    Downloads

    SMO self- and co-regulation database - private code 12