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La Unión Europea complementa la acción de los Estados miembros en relación con los derechos de información y consulta de los trabajadores mediante medidas destinadas a promover la cooperación entre los Estados miembros, o a través de la adopción de requisitos mínimos por medio de directivas.

This briefing provides an overview of the legal issues arising from the cross-border transfer of companys' seats within the EU as well as of the current legal landscape. It takes stock of the work carried out and the initiatives taken in this field by both the European Parliament and the Commission. It finally supplies a summary of the expertise recently submitted to both the European Parliament and the Commission as well as of the key findings thereof.

In the context of the economic crisis, mutual societies could have a positive impact in the Union's economy by providing added social value to more than 160 million European citizens. Parliament is to vote to request the Commission to make a legislative proposal concerning a Statute for a European mutual society, including in particular democratic rules for governance.