Evidence shows that the initiation of negotiations is sometimes delayed beyond the period of six months provided for in Directive 2009/38/EC. In some cases, management neither takes steps nor expressly refuses to commence negotiations following a request to set up a European Works Council. It should therefore be specified that the subsidiary requirements laid down in Directive 2009/38/EC apply where the first meeting of the special negotiating body is not convened within six months following a request to establish a European Works Council, irrespective of whether central management expressly refuses to commence negotiations.
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