Book III: Employee representative bodies

The central social and economic committee is made up of: 1° The employer or his representative; 2° An equal number of full delegates and alternates, elected for each establishment by the establishment social and economic committee from among its members. This number is determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. The total number of members may not exceed a maximum also determined by decree by the Conseil d’Etat; 3° The…

Where one or more establishments in the company constitute three electoral colleges in application of article L. 2314-11, at least one full delegate and one alternate delegate to the central social and economic committee belong to the category of engineers, heads of department and administrative, commercial or technical managers with equivalent classification.

Where no single establishment in the company constitutes three electoral colleges, but where several separate establishments together group together at least five hundred and one employees or at least twenty-five members of staff belonging to the category of engineers, heads of department and administrative, commercial or technical executives assimilated in terms of classification, at least one full delegate to the central social and economic committee belongs to this category.

Each representative trade union organisation in the company appoints a representative to the central company social and economic committee chosen either from among the representatives of this organisation on the establishment social and economic committees or from among the elected members of these committees. This representative attends meetings of the Central Social and Economic Committee in an advisory capacity.