DG Justice has opened a public consultation on the future of insolvency law, which will be running until 21 June 2012.

This is a technical consultation on the operation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000, which covers cross-border insolvencies. The consultation does not directly cover Directive 2008/94/EC on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer. Nevertheless, a number of questions in the consultation deal with issues which have relevance for worker rights and jobs.

More information on the consultation is available under:

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/civil/opinion/120326_en.htm