Brussels, 25/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 20 June, the European Commission launched the first phase of consultation of the social partners on the issue of “cross-border transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses”, under Article 138(2) of the EC Treaty. In a letter to the social partners, Director General of DG Employment at the Commission Nikolaus van der Pas pointed out, in particular, that the applicability of this directive (2001/23/EC) to...