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Naslov I: Dostojanstvo
1 - Človekovo dostojanstvo
2 - Pravica do življenja
3 - Pravica do osebne celovitosti
4 - Prepoved mučenja in nečloveškega ali ponižujočega ravnanja ali kaznovanja
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9 - Pravica sklepanja zakonske zveze in pravica ustvarjanja družine
10 - Svoboda misli, vesti in vere
11 - Svoboda izražanja in obveščanja
12 - Svoboda zbiranja in združevanja
13 - Svoboda umetnosti in znanosti
14 - Pravica do izobraževanja
15 - Svoboda izbire poklica in pravica do dela
16 - Svoboda gospodarske pobude
17 - Lastninska pravica
18 - Pravica do azila
19 - Varstvo v primeru odstranitve, izgona ali izročitve
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20 - Enakost pred zakonom
21 - Prepoved diskriminacije
22 - Kulturna, verska in jezikovna raznolikost
23 - Enakost žensk in moških
24 - Pravice otroka
25 - Pravice starejših
26 - Vključenost invalidov
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27 - Pravica delavcev do obveščenosti in posvetovanja v podjetju
28 - Pravica do kolektivnih pogajanj in ukrepov
29 - Pravica dostopa do služb za posredovanje zaposlitev
30 - Varstvo v primeru neupravičene odpustitve
31 - Pošteni in pravični delovni pogoji
32 - Prepoved dela otrok in varstvo mladih pri delu
33 - Družinsko in poklicno življenje
34 - Socialna varnost in socialna pomoč
35 - Varovanje zdravja
36 - Dostop do storitev splošnega gospodarskega pomena
37 - Varstvo okolja
38 - Varstvo potrošnikov
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41 - Pravica do dobrega upravljanja
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43 - Evropski varuh človekovih pravic
44 - Pravica do peticije
45 - Svoboda gibanja in prebiva
46 - Diplomatska in konzularna zaščita
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47 - Pravica do učinkovitega pravnega sredstva in nepristranskega sodišča
48 - Domneva nedolžnosti in pravica do obrambe
49 - Načeli zakonitosti in sorazmernosti kaznivih dejanj in kazni
50 - Pravica, da se za isto kaznivo dejanje kazensko ne preganja ali kaznuje dvakrat
Naslov VII: Splošne določbe
51 - Področje uporabe
52 - Obseg pravic in načel ter njihova razlaga
53 - Raven varstva
54 - Prepoved zlorabe pravic
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Pravno varstvo, pravice žrtev in pravosodno sodelovanje
Pravice žrtev
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Varnost
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Invalidne osebe
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Rasno in etnično poreklo
Vera in prepričanja
Romi
Spol, spolna usmerjenost in spolna identiteta
Azil, migracije in meje
Dostop do azila
Meje in informacijski sistemi
Zaščita otrok
Nezakonite migracije, vračanje in pridržanje migrantov
Zakonite migracije in vključevanje
Trgovina z ljudmi in izkoriščanje delovne sile
Varstvo podatkov, zasebnost in nove tehnologije
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Kaj so temeljne pravice?
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Preambula
Naslov I: Dostojanstvo
1 -
Človekovo dostojanstvo
2 -
Pravica do življenja
3 -
Pravica do osebne celovitosti
4 -
Prepoved mučenja in nečloveškega ali ponižujočega ravnanja ali kaznovanja
5 -
Prepoved suženjstva in prisilnega dela.
Naslov II: Svoboščine
6 -
Pravica do svobode in varnosti
7 -
Spoštovanje zasebnega in družinskega življenja
8 -
Varstvo osebnih podatkov
9 -
Pravica sklepanja zakonske zveze in pravica ustvarjanja družine
10 -
Svoboda misli, vesti in vere
11 -
Svoboda izražanja in obveščanja
12 -
Svoboda zbiranja in združevanja
13 -
Svoboda umetnosti in znanosti
14 -
Pravica do izobraževanja
15 -
Svoboda izbire poklica in pravica do dela
16 -
Svoboda gospodarske pobude
17 -
Lastninska pravica
18 -
Pravica do azila
19 -
Varstvo v primeru odstranitve, izgona ali izročitve
Naslov III: Enakost
20 -
Enakost pred zakonom
21 -
Prepoved diskriminacije
22 -
Kulturna, verska in jezikovna raznolikost
23 -
Enakost žensk in moških
24 -
Pravice otroka
25 -
Pravice starejših
26 -
Vključenost invalidov
Naslov IV: Solidarnost
27 -
Pravica delavcev do obveščenosti in posvetovanja v podjetju
28 -
Pravica do kolektivnih pogajanj in ukrepov
29 -
Pravica dostopa do služb za posredovanje zaposlitev
30 -
Varstvo v primeru neupravičene odpustitve
31 -
Pošteni in pravični delovni pogoji
32 -
Prepoved dela otrok in varstvo mladih pri delu
33 -
Družinsko in poklicno življenje
34 -
Socialna varnost in socialna pomoč
35 -
Varovanje zdravja
36 -
Dostop do storitev splošnega gospodarskega pomena
37 -
Varstvo okolja
38 -
Varstvo potrošnikov
Naslov V: Pravice Državljanov
39 -
Pravica voliti in biti voljen na volitvah v Evropski parlament
40 -
Pravica voliti in biti voljen na občinskih volitvah
41 -
Pravica do dobrega upravljanja
42 -
Pravica dostopa do dokumentov
43 -
Evropski varuh človekovih pravic
44 -
Pravica do peticije
45 -
Svoboda gibanja in prebiva
46 -
Diplomatska in konzularna zaščita
Naslov VI: Sodno Varstvo
47 -
Pravica do učinkovitega pravnega sredstva in nepristranskega sodišča
48 -
Domneva nedolžnosti in pravica do obrambe
49 -
Načeli zakonitosti in sorazmernosti kaznivih dejanj in kazni
50 -
Pravica, da se za isto kaznivo dejanje kazensko ne preganja ali kaznuje dvakrat
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CJEU - C 438/05 / Judgment
CJEU - C 438/05 / Judgment
International Transport Workers’ Federation and Finnish Seamen’s Union v Viking Line ABP and OÜ Viking Line Eesti
Deciding body type
Court of Justice of the European Union
Deciding body
European Court of Justice (Grand Chamber)
Type
Decision
Decision date
11/12/2007
Listina Evropske unije o temeljnih pravicah
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Title IV: Solidarity
Article 28 - Right of collective bargaining and action
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CJEU - C 438/05 / Judgment
Key facts of the case:
Viking Line, a Finnish shipping company, indented to reflag the Rosella, a ferry flying the Finnish flag and plying the route between Tallinn and Helsinki by registering it in Estonia in order to be able to enter into a new collective agreement with a trade union established in that State and to employ an Estonian crew, whose wages are lower than those paid in Finland.
Following that notice, the ITF sent a circular to its affiliates asking them to refrain from entering into negotiations with Viking Line, as a result of which Viking Line was prevented from holding talks with Estonian trade unions. At the same time, the FSU announced its intention to strike, demanding inter
alia that a collective agreement be concluded which provided that, during the reflagging, Viking Line would continue to comply with Finnish employment law and not lay off the crew.
Viking Line then brought an action before the High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court) in the United Kingdom, where the ITF has its headquarters, requesting that the ITF be ordered to withdraw the circular and the FSU be ordered not to infringe its right of establishment with regard to the reflagging of the Rosella. The Court of Appeal, before which an appeal against the decision granting Viking’s application was lodged, referred to the Court 10 questions for a preliminary ruling concerning the provisions on the freedom of establishment and the
restrictive nature of the measures adopted by the ITF and the FSU under those provisions.
Results (sanctions) and key consequences of the case:
The Court acknowledged that the right to take collective action, including the right to strike, constitutes a fundamental right which forms an integral part of the general principles of Community law (in this regard, reference is made
to the Charter of Fundamental Rights). It added that that right must, however, be reconciled with the fundamental freedoms within the internal market, such that exercise of that right may be subject to certain restrictions, in accordance with the principle of proportionality.
The ECJ held despite that the right to strike and take collective action is recognised as fundamental rights in EU law, they do not automatically override Treaty rights related to the freedom of establishment. A determination by a national court has to be made whether a restriction to such freedom can be justified on the basis of the protection of the fundamental rights concerned and that the restriction pursues “a legitimate aim compatible with the Treaty and is justified by overriding reasons of public interest. But even if that were the case, it would still have to be suitable for securing the attainment of the objective pursued and must not go beyond what is necessary in order to attain it” In reaching its judgment the ECJ considered the nature of the right to strike and take collective action within the EU’s legal framework..
Interpretation of article(s) and implications for the resolution of the case:
FRC - Article 28:
The ECJ held that “the right to take collective action, including the right to strike, is recognised both by various international instruments which the Member States have signed or cooperated in”. (para 43) “Although the right to take collective action, including the right to strike, must therefore be recognised as a fundamental right which forms an integral part of the general principles of Community law the observance of which the Court ensures, the exercise of that right may none the less be subject to certain restrictions. As is reaffirmed by Article 28 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, those rights are to be protected in accordance with Community law and national law and practices. In addition … under Finnish law the right to strike may not be relied on, in particular, where the strike is contra bonos mores or is prohibited under national law or Community law.” (para 44)
The ECJ went on to hold that “the fundamental nature of the right to take collective action is not such as to render Article 43 EC [Freedom of Establishment] inapplicable to the collective action at issue”.(para 47) “Article 43 EC is to be interpreted as meaning that, in principle, collective action initiated by a trade union or a group of trade unions against an undertaking in order to induce that undertaking to enter into a collective agreement, the terms of which are liable to deter it from exercising freedom of establishment, is not excluded from the scope of that article.” (para 55)
Finally, the ECJ held that “collective actions which seek to induce a private undertaking whose registered office is in a given Member State to enter into a collective work agreement with a trade union established in that State and to apply the terms set out in that agreement to the employees of a subsidiary of that undertaking established in another Member State, constitute restrictions within the meaning of Article 43. Such collective action has the effect of making less attractive, or even pointless, the exercise by an undertaking of its right to freedom of establishment, inasmuch as it prevents that undertaking from enjoying the same treatment in the host Member State as other economic operators established in that State. Similarly, such collective action, seeking to prevent shipowners from registering their vessels in a State other than that of which the beneficial owners of those vessels are nationals, must be considered to be at least liable to restrict an undertaking’s exercise of its right of freedom of establishment. Those restrictions may, in principle, be justified by an overriding reason of public interest, such as the protection of workers, provided that it is established that the restriction is suitable for ensuring the attainment of the legitimate objective pursued and does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve that objective.” It is for the national court to determine the question on the facts.
Paragraphs referring to EU Charter
43, 44, 47, 55