The total number of seats on the Group Works Council is divided between the elected representatives of the various electoral colleges in proportion to the numerical strength of each college.
The seats allocated to each college are distributed between the trade union organisations in proportion to the number of elected representatives they have obtained in these colleges, according to the rule of proportional representation with the highest remainder.
Where, for all the undertakings forming part of the group, at least half of the elected representatives of one or more colleges have been nominated on lists other than trade union lists, the administrative authority in whose jurisdiction the head office of the dominant company is located shall distribute the seats among the elected representatives of the college or colleges in question. This appointment is made taking into account the distribution of the workforce of the college in question between the companies making up the group, the relative importance of each college within the company and the number of votes received by each elected representative.