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Chapter IV: Provisions applicable after registration of the European Company.

Article L2354-1 of the French Labour Code

When a European Company is registered, the agreement referred to in Article L. 2352-16 or a collective agreement concluded at the appropriate level may decide to abolish or to adjust the operating conditions, possibly in the form of a redefinition of their national scope of intervention, of the employee representative bodies which would disappear as a result of the loss of legal autonomy of one or more participating companies located…

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Article L2354-2 of the French Labour Code

Four years after the establishment of the European Company Committee, the latter shall examine whether it is appropriate to enter into negotiations with a view to concluding the agreement under the conditions defined in Chapter II. To this end, the manager of the European Company shall convene a meeting of the Committee within six months of the end of the four-year period. To conduct these negotiations, the Committee acts as…

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Article L2354-3 of the French Labour Code

When the special negotiation body has taken the decision provided for in Article L. 2352-13, it shall be convened by the manager of the European Company at the written request of at least 10% of the employees of the European Company, its subsidiaries and establishments or their representatives, at the earliest two years after the date of this decision, unless the parties agree to reopen negotiations sooner. If negotiations fail,…

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Article L2354-4 of the French Labour Code

If, after the registration of the European Company, changes occur in the structure of the company, the location of its registered office or the number of employees it employs, which are likely to substantially affect the composition of the European Company Works Council or the arrangements for employee involvement as defined by the agreement resulting from negotiations initiated prior to the registration of the European Company or in application of…

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