Case C-176/12 Association de Médiation Sociale: Some Reflections on the Horizontal Effect of the Charter and the Reach of Fundamental Employment Rights in the European Union

Frantziou, Eleni

Abstract

On 15 January 2014, the Court of Justice (hereafter ‘the Court’) delivered its judgment in Association de Médiation Sociale (hereafter ‘AMS’). AMS brought for the first time before the Court the issue of horizontal applicability in relation to a provision of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (hereafter ‘Charter’), namely Article 27 thereof, which enshrines the right of workers to information and consultation within the undertaking. The case therefore raised questions of ‘undeniable constitutional significance’, as Advocate-General Cruz Villalón had put it in his Opinion, regarding the post-Lisbon enforcement and interpretation of the Charter and, in particular, its application to disputes between private parties.

Citation

Frantziou, E. (2014). Case C-176/12 Association de Médiation Sociale: Some Reflections on the Horizontal Effect of the Charter and the Reach of Fundamental Employment Rights in the European Union. European Constitutional Law Review, 10(02), 332-348. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1574019614001205

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Aug 14, 2014
• Publication Date: 2014-09
• Deposit Date: Sep 20, 2018
• Journal: European Constitutional Law Review
• Print ISSN: 1574-0196
• Electronic ISSN: 1744-5515
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 02
• Pages: 332-348
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s1574019614001205
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1319446
• Related Public URLs: https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/9qw50/case-c-176-12-association-de-m-diation-sociale-v-hichem-laboubi-some-reflections-on-the-horizontal-effect-of-the-charter-and-the-reach-of-fundamental-employment-rights-in-the-european-union