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Article L2333-4 of the French Labour Code

The total number of seats on the Group Works Council is divided between the elected representatives of the various electoral colleges in proportion to the numerical strength of each college.

The seats allocated to each college are distributed between the trade union organisations in proportion to the number of elected representatives they have obtained in these colleges, according to the rule of proportional representation with the highest remainder.

Where, for all the undertakings forming part of the group, at least half of the elected representatives of one or more colleges have been nominated on lists other than trade union lists, the administrative authority in whose jurisdiction the head office of the dominant company is located shall distribute the seats among the elected representatives of the college or colleges in question. This appointment is made taking into account the distribution of the workforce of the college in question between the companies making up the group, the relative importance of each college within the company and the number of votes received by each elected representative.

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Article L2333-4

Le nombre total des sièges au comité de groupe est réparti entre les élus des différents collèges électoraux proportionnellement à l’importance numérique de chaque collège.

Les sièges affectés à chaque collège sont répartis entre les organisations syndicales proportionnellement au nombre d’élus qu’elles ont obtenus dans ces collèges, selon la règle de la représentation proportionnelle au plus fort reste.

Lorsque, pour l’ensemble des entreprises faisant partie du groupe, la moitié au moins des élus d’un ou plusieurs collèges ont été présentés sur des listes autres que syndicales, l’autorité administrative dans le ressort duquel se trouve le siège de la société dominante répartit les sièges entre les élus du ou des collèges en cause. Elle effectue cette désignation en tenant compte de la répartition des effectifs du collège considéré entre les entreprises constitutives du groupe, de l’importance relative de chaque collège au sein de l’entreprise et du nombre des suffrages recueillis par chaque élu.

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