SCHEDULESTANDARD RULES ON EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT

PART 1COMPOSITION OF THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY

1

1

The management of the SE must arrange for the establishment of a representative body in accordance with the following provisions.

2

The representative body must be composed of employees of the SE and its subsidiaries and establishments.

3

The representative body must be composed of one member for each 10%, or fraction of 10%, of employees of the SE, its subsidiaries and establishments employed for the time being in each EEA state.

4

The members of the representative body must be elected or appointed by the members of the special negotiating body.

5

The election or appointment is to be carried out by whatever method the special negotiating body decides.

2

Where its size so warrants, the representative body must elect a select committee from among its members comprising at most 3 members.

3

The representative body must adopt rules of procedure.

4

The representative body must inform the competent organ of the SE of the composition of the representative body and any changes in its composition.

5

1

Four years after its establishment, the representative body must decide—

a

whether to open negotiations with the competent organ of the SE to reach an employee involvement agreement, or

b

whether the standard rules in Part 2 of this Schedule and, where applicable, Part 3 of this Schedule are to continue to apply.

2

Where a decision is taken under sub-paragraph (1) to open negotiations, regulations 14 to 16 and 18 apply to the representative body as they apply to the special negotiating body.