Public law employees placed at the disposal of a consular higher education establishment choose whether to exercise their right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections for staff representatives to the regional joint committees of the regional chambers of commerce and industry or in elections for staff delegates and the works council within the consular higher education establishment. In the latter case, they are entitled to vote and stand for election as staff representatives and works council members under the same conditions as employees of the higher education consular establishment. For the condition relating to seniority, the cumulative seniority within the chamber of commerce and industry and within the consular higher education establishment is taken into account.