In the event of a change in the legal status of the employer as provided for in article L. 1224-1 , the central social and economic committee of the absorbed company remains in office if the company retains its legal autonomy.
If this undertaking becomes a separate establishment of the host undertaking, its establishment social and economic committee appoints from among its members two full and alternate representatives to the central social and economic committee of the absorbing undertaking.
If the change concerns one or more separate establishments which retain this status, these establishments are represented on the central social and economic committee of the host undertaking by their representatives on the central social and economic committee of the undertaking to which they belonged.
In the cases mentioned in the second and third paragraphs, the representation is ensured under these conditions for a period of one year at the most and may result in the maximum number of representatives on the social and economic committee of the host undertaking being exceeded, as provided for by the decree mentioned in article L. 2316-4.