In the case of a European Cooperative Society, the registered office of which is situated in a Member State, the law of which allows, under the conditions provided for in article 4 of article 59 of Council Regulation (EC) n° 1435 / 2003 of 22 July 2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society, the possibility to provide in the articles of association for employees to participate, with voting…
Time spent in meetings by employees attending the meetings mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 2363-18 is considered as working time and paid at the normal rate.
When a European Cooperative Society is registered, the agreement referred to in article L. 2362-10 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 staff representative bodies which would disappear as a result of the loss of legal autonomy of one or more participating companies…
Four years after the establishment of the Committee of the European Cooperative Society, 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 of this Title. In order to conduct these negotiations, the committee of the European Cooperative Society acts as a special negotiation body as provided for in articles L. 2362-1 and L….
Articles L. 2354-3 and L. 2354-4 relating to the rules applicable after registration of the European Company apply to European Cooperative Societies.
Employee representatives sitting on the administrative or supervisory body, or taking part in the general meeting or section or branch meetings, are bound by the professional secrecy and duty of discretion provided for in Article L. 2325-5.
Employee representatives on the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board, as well as employee representatives taking part in the general meeting or in section or branch meetings, benefit from the protection instituted by Article L. 2411-1.
Obstructing either the formation of a special negotiating body or a committee of the European Cooperative Society, whether or not established by agreement, or the free appointment of their members, is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of €7,500. Obstructing their regular operation is punishable by a fine of €7,500.
This Title applies to 1° Companies having their registered office in France and resulting from a cross-border merger, demerger or conversion; 2° Companies participating in a cross-border merger, demerger or conversion and having their registered office in France; 3° Subsidiaries and establishments located in France of a company resulting from a cross-border merger, demerger or transformation located in another Member State of the European Union. Cross-border mergers, demergers or conversions…
A company resulting from a cross-border merger is not required to introduce rules on employee profit-sharing if, on the date of its registration, none of the companies involved in the merger is governed by such rules.
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