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Article L2343-12 of the French Labour Code

The staff delegation of the European Works Council shall inform the staff representatives of the establishments or undertakings of a Community-scale group of undertakings or, in the absence of representatives, all employees, of the content and results of the information and consultation procedure implemented in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, in compliance with the provisions relating to professional secrecy and the obligation of discretion.

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Article L2343-14 of the French Labour Code

The operating expenses of the European Works Council are borne by the dominant undertaking or undertaking in the Community-scale group of undertakings. The members of the European Works Council are provided with the material and financial resources they need to carry out their duties. In particular, unless otherwise agreed, the company will bear the costs of organising meetings and interpreting, as well as the accommodation and travel expenses of the…

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Article L2343-15 of the French Labour Code

The employer shall allow the secretary and the officers of the European Works Council the time necessary to carry out 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 time spent by the secretary and the members of the…

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Article L2343-18 of the French Labour Code

Four years after the establishment of the European Works Council in the cases provided for in Article L. 2343-1, the European Works Council shall examine whether it should be renewed or whether negotiations should be undertaken with a view to concluding the agreement referred to in Articles L. 2342-2 and L. 2342-9. In the latter case, the members of the committee form the special negotiation group authorised to conclude the…

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Article L2343-19 of the French Labour Code

Where a group of undertakings has set up a European Works Council, the agreement referred to in Article L. 2342-2 or an agreement reached within the group may decide to adapt the conditions under which the Group Works Council operates. The agreement will only come into force if the Group Works Council votes in favour.

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Article L2344-1 of the French Labour Code

The number of seats on the Special Negotiating Body and on the European Works Council set up in the absence of an agreement, as well as the minimum and maximum number of employee representatives on the European Works Council set up under the same conditions, are set by decree by the Conseil d’Etat. The employer and the employee representatives may decide to involve representatives of employees employed in States other…

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Article L2344-2 of the French Labour Code

The members of the special negotiating body and the employee representatives of establishments or undertakings located in France on the European works council are appointed by the employee trade union organisations from among their elected representatives on the social and economic committees or their trade union representatives in the undertaking or group, on the basis of the results of the most recent elections. The same applies to employee representatives of…

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