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Chapter II: Employee participation in the company resulting from a cross-border operation by agreement of the special negotiating body.

Article L2372-1 of the French Labour Code

Employee participation is implemented in accordance with Articles L. 225-28 to L. 225-56 and L. 225-79 to L. 225-93, L. 22-10-8 to L. 22-10-17 and L. 22-10-23 to L. 22-10-30 of the French Commercial Code. Notwithstanding the first paragraph, a special negotiation body with legal personality shall be set up as soon as possible after publication of the proposed cross-border transaction if one of the following conditions is met: 1°…

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Article L2372-2 of the French Labour Code

The special negotiating body shall determine with the managers of the companies involved in the cross-border operation or their representatives, by means of a written agreement, the terms and conditions of employee participation in the company resulting from the operation.

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Article L2372-3 of the French Labour Code

The provisions of articles L. 2352-3 to L. 2352-8, relating to the appointment, election and status of the members of the special negotiating body in the European Company, apply to the company resulting from a cross-border operation.

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Article L2372-4 of the French Labour Code

The special negotiating body takes its decisions by an absolute majority of its members, who must also represent an absolute majority of the employees of the participating companies, subsidiaries and establishments concerned. Each member has one vote. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, in the event of a cross-border merger, the decision not to enter into negotiations or to terminate negotiations already entered into and to rely on…

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Article L2372-5 of the French Labour Code

No employee may be penalised or dismissed for taking part in the taking of a decision pursuant to Article L. 2372-4. Any decision or act contrary to this prohibition is automatically null and void. The other operating procedures of the special negotiating body are governed by articles L. 2352-9 to L. 2352-12 and L. 2352-15.

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Article L2372-6 of the French Labour Code

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 2372-4, the managers of each of the companies participating in the cross-border operation negotiate with the special negotiating body with a view to reaching an agreement which determines : 1° The participating companies, establishments and subsidiaries concerned by the agreement ; 2° The terms and conditions of participation, including, where applicable: a) The number of members of the administrative…

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Article L2372-7 of the French Labour Code

Where several forms of shareholding exist within the companies involved in the transaction, the special negotiating body which decides to implement the procedures provided for in 2° of Article L. 2372-6 shall first choose, under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 2372-4, which of these forms shall be applied within the company resulting from the cross-border transaction.

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