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Consultation on Gender imbalance in corporate boards in the EU

Date: 28/05/2012

Policy field(s)

Gender equality
Justice

Target groups

The target group are Member States, business or industry organisations, individual companies, civil society organisations with an interest in gender and/or social issues, trade unions, equality bodies, and other organisations or individuals.

Period of consultation

This public consultation closed on 28 May. Thank you for your contributions !

Objective of the consultation

As set out in its Work Programme for 2012 , the European Commission is considering a legislative initiative to improve the gender balance in the boards of companies listed on stock exchanges.

On the basis of the Progress Report "Women in economic decision-making in the EU" presented by Vice-President Viviane Reding on 5 March 2012, the Commission is launching a public consultation of stakeholders on possible measures in this context.

This consultation will feed into an assessment of possible EU-level measures to enhance female participation in economic decision-making, which will inform the Commission's decision on whether to propose action and on the form it should take.

View the consultation document

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Questionnaire(67 KB)

Reference documents and other related consultations

Progress report : "Women in economic decision-making in the EU"(385 KB)

Database : European Commission database on women and men in decision-making

Results of consultation and next steps

A summary of the main outcomes of the public consultation will be included among the documents accompanying a possible legislative initiative.

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For further information on privacy rulings for this public consultation see the following Specific Privacy Statement(109 KB) .

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