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 the regulations relating to participation in force in the Member State of the European Union where the company resulting from the cross-border merger will have its registered office shall be taken by a two-thirds majority of the members of the special negotiating body from at least two Member States of the European Union and on condition that they represent at least two-thirds of the employees of the participating companies, subsidiaries and establishments concerned. In this case, Chapter III does not apply.
In the event of a cross-border merger, where the participation concerns at least 25% of the total number of employees of the participating companies and where the special negotiating body intends to set the number or proportion of members of the supervisory or administrative body through which employees exercise their participation rights at a level lower than that which was highest within one of the participating companies, the decision is taken under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph.