The European Committee of Social Rights judges the conformity

of national law and practice of the 39 States party to the

European Social Charter. In respect of national reports, the

Committee adopts conclusions; in respect of collective complaints,

it adopts decisions.

The present series of publications contains the Committee's conclusions

relating to the European Social Charter in its revised version of

1996. A distinct series contains the Committee's conclusions relating

to the European Social Charter in its original version of 1961.