Section 1: European Company Committee

Documents sent to employee representatives include at least one version in French.

The European Company Committee and its officers may be assisted by experts of their choice at any level they deem appropriate, insofar as this is necessary for the performance of their tasks. The costs of a single expert shall be borne by the European Company within the framework of the annual meeting provided for in article L. 2353-4.

The employee representatives sitting on the European Company Committee shall inform the employee representatives of the establishments and subsidiaries of the European Company or, failing that, all the employees, of the content and results of the work of this Committee, in compliance with the professional secrecy and the obligation of discretion provided for in Article L. 2325-5.

The operating expenses of the European Company Committee and its Bureau shall be borne by the European Company, which shall provide the employee representatives with the financial and material resources necessary to enable them to carry out their duties in an appropriate manner. The European Company shall also bear the costs of organising meetings and interpreting, as well as the accommodation and travel expenses of the members of the Committee…

The secretary and the members of the European Company Committee and its Bureau are entitled to the time necessary for the performance of their duties up to a limit which, save in exceptional circumstances, may not exceed one hundred and twenty hours per year for each of them. This time is considered as working time and is paid at the normal rate. The manager of the European Company who wishes…

The members of the European Company Committee and the experts who assist them are bound by professional secrecy and the obligation of discretion provided for in Article L. 2325-5.

The members of the European Company Works Council are entitled to training leave under the conditions set out in Article L. 2325-44.

The use of videoconferencing to convene meetings of the European Company Works Council may be authorised by agreement between the Chairman and the employee representatives sitting on the Council. In the absence of an agreement, such use is limited to three meetings per calendar year. A decree determines the conditions under which the European Company Works Council may hold a secret ballot.