European Employment Law Cases

Case Reports

2017/13 A Supreme Court decision on the collective agreement exemption from competition law, freedom of establishment, and the lawfulness of a notified boycott (NO)

Trefwoorden Collective labour law, industrial actions, unions
Auteurs Kurt Weltzien en Anne-Beth Engan
DOI
Auteursinformatie

Kurt Weltzien
Kurt Weltzien is a lawyer in NHO, which is the main representative organisation for Norwegian employers. He has a PhD on the thesis “Boycott in labour conflicts”. Kurt Weltzien also represented NHO in the Supreme Court in the case discussed in this case report.

Anne-Beth Engan
Anne-Beth Engan is an associate with Advokatfirmaet Selmer DA in Oslo.
  • Samenvatting

      This case report concerns the lawfulness of a notified boycott against Holship Norge AS (‘Holship’) by the Norwegian Transport Workers’ Union (‘NTF’). In its decision, the Supreme Court considered whether the collective agreement exemption from competition law could be applied, and whether the boycott was unlawful pursuant to the right to freedom of establishment established by Article 31 of the EEA Agreement, cf. Article 101 of the Constitution and Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
      The boycott would prevent Holship’s staff from loading and unloading ships docked at the Port of Drammen. NTF’s purpose was to force Holship to enter into a collective agreement containing a priority of engagement clause, reserving loading and unloading work for dockworkers associated with the Administration Office for Dock Work in Drammen. The majority of the plenary Supreme Court found (10-7) that such boycott would be unlawful pursuant to section 2 of the Boycott Act. The dissent concerns the EEA rules.

Om de rest van dit artikel te lezen moet u inloggen



Heeft u een registratiecode ontvangen maar nog geen toegang? Activeer dan hier uw code.

Weet u uw wachtwoord niet meer? Nieuw wachtwoord aanvragen.

Toegang tot dit losse artikel kopen

Voor een vast bedrag van € 19,75 (excl. btw) koopt u 24 uur online toegang tot dit artikel. Met deze 24 uur toegang kunt u een artikel online raadplegen en in PDF downloaden en printen.
Per mail ontvangt u een activatiecode waarmee u 24 uur toegang tot het artikel kunt activeren.

24 uur toegang € 19,75 (excl. btw)

Uw aankoop activeren

Heeft u een activatiecode, dan kun u uw product hier activeren.