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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 452.86
EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCIL (INFORMATION 
AND CONSULTATION) REGULATIONS
5th April, 2004
LEGAL NOTICE 224 of 2003.
Title and scope.
Council (Information and Consultation) Regulations.
(2) The purpose of these regulations is to improve the right of
employees, in Community-scale undertakings and Community-
scale groups of undertakings, to be informed and consulted through
the establishment of a European Works Council or equivalent
arrangements to cater for the information and consultation of
employees in every such undertaking and group of undertakings
and to implement the provisions of EU Council Directive 94/45/
EC.
Definitions.
Cap. 452.
''central management'' means the central management of the
undertaking or, in the case of a Community-scale group of
undertakings of the controlling undertaking;
''Community-scale group of undertakings'' means a group of
undertakings with the following characteristics:
- at least a total of one thousand employees employed in
Member States,
- at least two group undertakings in different Member
States, and
- at least one group undertaking with at least one
hundred and fifty employees in any one Member State
and at least one other group undertaking with at least
one hundred and fifty employees in another Member
State;
''Community-scale undertaking'' means any undertaking with at
least one thousand employees, within Member States and which
also has at least one hundred and fifty employees in each of at least
two Member States;
''consultation'' means the exchange of views and establishment of
dialogue between employees’ representatives and central
management or any more appropriate level of management;
''controlling undertaking'' means an undertaking which can
exercise a dominant influence over another undertaking, hereinafter
referred to as by virtue of, amongst other reasons, ownership,
financial participation or the rules which govern it;
''employees’ representative'' means either the recognised union
representative or, in case of non-unionised employees, the
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representative or representatives duly elected from amongst the
employees;
''establishment'', in relation to an undertaking, means a division
of the undertaking physically separated from other parts of the
undertaking;
''European Works Council'' means the council established in
accordance with -
( a ) the provisions of regulation 7 or regulation 8 and the
Schedule,
( b ) where appropriate the provisions of the law or practice
of a Member State other than Malta which are
designed to give effect to article 6 or article 7 of, and
the Annex to, EU Council Directive 94/45/EC;
''group of undertakings'' means a controlling undertaking and its
controlled undertakings;
''Member State'' means a member state of the European Union or
of the European Economic Area;
''Special Negotiating Body'' means the body established in
accordance with regulation 5 and 6 to negotiate with the central
management regarding the establishment of a European Works
Council or other equivalent procedure for informing and consulting
employees;
''undertaking'' means any form of economic activity.
(2) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (1), terms and
expressions used in these regulations shall, unless the context
otherwise requires, have the meaning assigned to them in the Act.
(3) The prescribed thresholds to determine whether an
undertaking is a Community-scale undertaking or a Community-
scale group of undertakings, shall be based on the number of
employees employed by the undertaking or group of undertakings
which for the purposes of these regulations shall be calculated as
follows:
Cap. 318.
( a ) in the case of employees in Malta, on the average
number of employees who were employed during the
two year period ending on the last day of the month
preceding the month in which a request pursuant to
regulation 4 was made, whether such employees are on
a definite or indefinite contract, and including part-
time employees whose part-time employment is their
principal employment in respect of which social
security contributions are payable in terms of the
Social Security Act,
( b ) in the case of employees in other Member States, by
the average number of employees employed in a two
year period as referred to in the preceding paragraph
calculated according to the laws in force and, or
practice in that State giving effect to EU Council
Directive 94/45/EC.
(4) The ability of an undertaking to exercise a dominant
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influence shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, when in
relation to another undertaking, it directly or indirectly:
(i) holds a majority of that undertaking’s subscribed
capital; or
(ii) controls a majority of the votes attached to that
undertaking’s issued share capital; or
(iii) can appoint more than half of the members of
that undertaking’s administrative, management
or supervisory body.
(5) For the purposes of subregulation (4)(ii), a controlling
undertaking’s rights as regards voting and appointments shall
include the rights of any of its other controlled undertakings and
those of any person or body acting in his or its own name but on
behalf of the controlling undertaking or of any other of its
controlled undertakings.
(6) Notwithstanding what is stated in these regulations, an
undertaking shall not be regarded as a controlling undertaking of
another undertaking in which it has holdings where the first-
mentioned undertaking is a company referred to in Article 3(5)( a )
and ( c )   of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 of 21 December
1989, on the control of concentrations between undertakings.
(7) A dominant influence shall not be presumed to be exercised
solely by virtue of the fact that an office holder is exercising his
functions, according to the law of the Member State in which the
undertaking is situated, which relates to liquidation, winding up,
insolvency, cessation of payments, composition of creditors or
analogous proceedings.
(8) The law applicable in order to determine whether an
undertaking is a controlling undertaking shall be the law of the
Member State which governs that undertaking. Where the law
governing an undertaking is not that of a Member State, the law
applicable shall be the law of the Member State within whose
territory the representative of the undertaking or, in the absence of
such a representative, the central management of the group
undertaking which employs the highest number of employees in
any one Member State, is situated.
(9) Where, in the case of a conflict of laws in the application of
subregulation (4), two or more undertakings from a group, satisfy
one or more of the criteria laid down in that subregulation, the
organisation which satisfies the criterion laid down in
subregulation (4)(iii) shall be regarded as the controlling
undertaking, without prejudice to proof that another undertaking is
able to exercise a dominant influence.
Responsibilities of 
central 
management.
3. (1) The central management shall be responsible for
creating and maintaining the conditions and means necessary for
the setting up of a European Works Council, or an alternative
information and consultation procedure, in a Community-scale
undertaking or Community-scale group of undertakings where:
( a ) the central management is situated in Malta;
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( b ) the central management is not situated in a Member
State and the representative agent of the central
management (to be designated if necessary) is situated
in Malta; or
( c ) neither the central management nor the representative
agent (whether or not as a result of being designated)
is situated in a Member State and -
(i) in the case of a Community-scale undertaking,
there are employed in an establishment, which is
situated in Malta, more employees than are
employed in any other establishment which is
situated in another Member State, or
(ii) in the case of a Community-scale group of
undertakings, there are employed in a group
undertaking which is situated in Malta, more
employees than are employed in any other group
undertaking which is situated in another Member
State,and the central management initiates, or is
required to initiate, negotiations for a European
Works Council or information and consultation
procedure in terms of regulation 5.
(2) Where the circumstances described in subregulation (1)( b )
or (1)( c ) apply, the central management shall be treated, for the
purposes of these regulations, as being situated in Malta and -
( a ) the representative agent referred to in subregulation
(1)( b ); or
( b ) the management of the establishment referred to in
subregulation (1)( c )(i) or of the group undertaking,
referred to in subregulation (1)( c )(ii),
shall be treated, respectively, as being the central management.
(3) It shall be the duty of the management of establishments of
a Community-scale undertaking situated on Maltese territory or of
the management of undertakings which form part of a Community-
scale group of undertakings situated on Maltese territory, as the
case may be, to comply with the relevant provisions of these
regulations, irrespective of whether or not the central management
is situated in Malta.
Employees’ 
requests for 
information.
4. (1) An employee or an employees’ representative may
present a written request for information from the management of
an establishment or of an undertaking in Malta, for the purpose of
determining whether, in the case of an establishment, it is part of a
Community-scale undertaking or Community-scale group of
undertakings, or, in the case of an undertaking, it is a Community-
scale undertaking or is part of a Community-scale group of
undertakings.
(2) The management of an establishment or undertaking to
which a request under subregulation (1) is made shall provide the
employee or employees’ representative who has made the request
with information on the average number of employees employed by
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the undertaking, or, as the case may be, the group of undertakings,
in Malta and in each of the other Member States in the two years
immediately preceding the date of the request, within one month
from receipt of the request.
(3) Failure to provide the information as provided for in the
previous subregulation or to provide false or incomplete
information shall be deemed an offence against these regulations.
Establishment of 
Special 
Negotiating Body.
5. (1) It shall be the duty of the central management to
establish a Special Negotiating Body to negotiate with the central
management for the establishment of a European Works Council or
an alternative information and consultation procedure.
(2) The central management shall initiate action to fulfil the
obligations referred to in the previous subregulation, either -
( a ) on its own initiative, or
( b ) on receipt of a written request or requests by at least a
total of one hundred employees, or by employees’
representatives representing at least that number,
in at least two undertakings or establishments in at least two
different Member States, addressed to either the central
management or to local management, whether received as a single
request or as a number of separate requests, on one or on several
dates.
(3) The central management shall commence negotiations with
the Special Negotiating Body on the establishment of a European
Works Council within six months from the date of the receipt of a
valid written request.
(4) Where the request is lodged with the local management
pursuant to subregulation (2)( b ), the local management shall ensure
that the request is passed on to the central management within a
period of fifteen working days from its receipt and any avoidable or
unreasonable delay after that period in the transmission of the
request to the central management shall not of itself extend the six
month period referred to in subregulation (2)( c ).
Functions and 
procedures of the 
Special 
Negotiating Body.
6. (1) The function of the Special Negotiating Body shall be
to negotiate with the central management, for a written agreement
to determine the scope, composition, functions, and term of office
of the European Works Council or alternative arrangements for
implementing a procedure for the information and consultation of
employees.
(2) The Special Negotiating Body shall be composed of at least
three members who shall be elected or appointed according to the
following criteria:
( a ) one member representing each Member State in which
the Community-scale undertaking has one or more
establishments, or in which the Community-scale
group of undertakings has its controlling undertaking
or one or more controlled undertakings; and
( b ) one additional member from a Member State where
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there are employed at least 25% but less than 50% of
the employees of the undertaking or group of
undertakings who are employed in the Member States;
( c ) two additional members from a Member State where
there are employed at least 50% but less than 75% of
the employees the undertaking or group of
undertakings who are employed in the Member States;
( d ) three additional members from a Member State in
which there are employed more than 75% of the
employees of the undertaking or group of undertakings
who are employed in the Member States.
(3) Employees’ representatives from countries that are not
Member States be permitted to participate in the meetings and
activities of the European Works Council if there is agreement
between the central management and Special Negotiating Body to
this effect, but shall not be entitled to vote.
(4) The method of selection of the Maltese members to sit on
the Special Negotiating Body shall be by means of an election from
amongst eligible candidates who satisfy the criteria laid down in
regulation 2(3)( a ) and who are not in their probationary period on
the date of nomination, and the central management shall appoint a
responsible person to act as ballot supervisor to oversee the whole
process of nominations and election, and any expenses related to
the process of appointing or electing the Special Negotiating Body
shall be borne by the central management.
(5) The date for nomination of candidates, which shall be
established by the ballot supervisor, shall be within two months
from the date when the request to commence negotiations on an
agreement to establish a European Works Council was made or
when the decision was taken by central management to commence
negotiations on its own initiatives, whichever was the earlier.
(6) Where the number of candidates on the day of nomination
equals the number of representatives to be elected to the Special
Negotiating Body, these shall be considered to have been
automatically appointed to the Special Negotiating Body.
(7) Where the number of candidates on the day of nomination
exceeds the number of representatives to be elected to the Special
Negotiating Body, arrangements shall be made by management to
hold a secret ballot to elect the required number of representatives.
(8) Arrangements for the holding of such a ballot shall be
finalised by the central management within one month from the
expiry of the period referred to in subregulation (5) and the central
management shall ensure that the process of nominations and the
ballot itself shall be overseen by the ballot supervisor. The ballot
itself, if necessary, shall be held within two months from the date
of expiry of the period referred to in subregulation (5).
(9) Any employee who is in employment on the day or days of
the election and satisfies the criteria referred to in regulation
2(3)( a ) shall be entitled to vote in such an election.
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(10) Any person may make a written complaint in relation to any
aspect relating to the election of the representatives to the Special
Negotiating Body including the eligibility to stand for election,
eligibility to vote or the organisation of such a ballot, to the
Director responsible for Industrial and Employment Relations, who
shall investigate whether such a complaint is well-founded and who
may direct that appropriate measures be taken by any person
involved to eliminate any grounds for well-founded complaints,
and any decision taken by the Director on any matter relating to the
organisation of the ballot shall be final.
(11) It shall be the duty of the ballot supervisor to give the
formal results of the process of nomination or ballot held to appoint
the Special Negotiating Body, as the case may be, to the central
management and local management as soon as practicable, and in
any case within one month after the date of the election or
appointment of its members.
(12) With a view to concluding an agreement referred to in
regulation 7, the central management shall convene a meeting with
the Special Negotiating Body and shall inform local managements
accordingly.
(13) Subject to subregulation (14), the Special Negotiating Body
shall take decisions by a majority of the votes cast by its members
and each member of the Special Negotiating Body shall have one
vote.
(14) The Special Negotiating Body may decide, by at least two-
thirds of the votes, not to open negotiations in accordance with
subregulation (7) , or to terminate the negotiations already opened
in which case the provisions of the Schedule shall not apply.
(15) A new request to convene the Special Negotiating Body
may be made at the earliest two years after the decision mentioned
in subregulation (9) has been taken, unless the parties concerned
agree on a shorter period.
(16) For the purpose of the negotiations, the Special Negotiating
Body may be assisted by experts of its choice.
(17) Any reasonable expenses relating to the negotiations
referred to in this regulation shall be borne by the central
management so as to enable the Special Negotiating Body to carry
out its functions in an appropriate manner.
(18) For the purposes of the preceding subregulation, reasonable
expenses shall include the cost of meetings of the Special
Negotiating Body, whether with the central management or
otherwise, including the cost of materials, the venue, translations,
travel and accommodation, and the equivalent cost of one expert
per meeting.
Content of the 
agreement.
7. (1) The central management and the Special Negotiating
Body shall be obliged to negotiate in a spirit of co-operation with a
view to reaching a written agreement on the detailed arrangements
for the information and consultation of employees in a Community-
scale undertaking or Community-scale group of undertakings.
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(2) The central management and the Special Negotiating Body
may decide in writing to establish an alternative information and
consultation procedure instead of a European Works Council.
(3) When the central management and the Special Negotiating
Body reach an agreement making arrangements for the information
and consultation of employees, whether it involves the
establishment of a European Works Council, or an alternative
information and consultation procedure the agreement shall
determine:
( a ) the undertakings of the Community-scale group of
undertakings, or the establishments of the Community-
scale undertaking, covered by the agreement,
( b ) the duration of the agreement and the procedure for its
re-negotiation, and
( c ) the method by which the information conveyed to
employees’ representatives shall be conveyed to
employees in the different Member States and the
opinion of employees given on the information so
conveyed shall be recorded, irrespective of the
Member State in which the central management is
located.
(4) Where an agreement requires the establishment of a
European Works Council, it shall also determine:
( a ) the composition of the European Works Council, the
number of members, the allocation of seats and the
term of office,
( b ) the functions, and the procedure for information and
consultation, of the Council,
( c ) the venue, frequency and duration of meetings of the
Council, and
( d ) the financial and other resources to be allocated to the
Council.
(5) Where an agreement requires the establishment of an
alternative information and consultation procedure, it shall also
determine:
( a ) what that procedure shall be,
( b ) the issues for information and consultation,
( c ) the methods according to which the employees’
representatives in the different Member States can
meet for exchange of views regarding the information
conveyed to them, and
( d ) the financial and other resources to be allocated to
ensure the operation of the procedure and the holding
of the meetings referred to in paragraph ( c ).
(6) An agreement referred to in subregulation (3) or (4) shall
not to be subject to the provisions of the Schedule, except to the
extent that the parties provide in the agreement that any of those
requirements are to apply.
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(7) Where a Community-scale group of undertakings comprises
one or more undertakings or groups of undertakings which are
themselves Community-scale undertakings or Community-scale
groups of undertakings, the European Works Council shall be
established at the level of the first-mentioned Community-scale
group of undertakings, unless an agreement referred to in
subregulation (3) provides otherwise.
(8) Unless a wider scope is provided for in an agreement
referred to in subregulation (1), the powers and competence of a
European Works Council and the scope of an information and
consultation procedure shall, in the case of a Community-scale
undertaking, cover all the establishments located within the
Member States and, in the case of a Community-scale group of
undertakings, all group undertakings located within the Member
States.
(9) The Special Negotiating Body shall remain in existence
only for as long as it continues to have the function of negotiating
for an agreement leading to the establishment of a European Works
Council, or an information and consultation procedure and shall
automatically dissolve on its ceasing to have that function.
Subsidiary 
requirements.
8. (1) The subsidiary requirements as laid down in the
Schedule shall apply if any of the situations below subsist:
( a ) where the central management and the Special
Negotiating Body so decide, or
( b ) where the central management refuses to commence
negotiations within six months of the request referred
to in regulation 5(1), or
( c ) where, after three years from the date of this request,
the parties are unable to conclude an agreement as laid
down in regulation 7 and the Special Negotiating Body
has not taken the decision provided for in regulation
6(4).
(2) Where the subsidiary requirements apply to an undertaking
or group of undertakings, the central management shall as soon as
practicable, but in any case by not later than six months after they
first become applicable, comply with the requirements.
Confidential 
information.
9. (1) Members of the Special Negotiating Body and of the
European Works Council, or of any other body established under
these regulations in order to facilitate informing and consulting
employees, as well as any persons who assist them shall not reveal
any information which has been provided to them in confidence
and this prohibition shall apply even after the expiry of the term of
office of the persons concerned:
Provided that a person may, in accordance with his duties
as a member, expert or employees’ representative to the procedure,
disclose such information:
( a ) to the Body or Council of which he is or was then a
member,
( b ) to another employees’ representative to the procedure,
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or
( c ) to the member, body or person he is or was then
employed to advise.
(2) Without prejudice to regulation 4, the central management
shall not be obliged to transmit certain information to the Special
Negotiating Body, European Works Council or in connection with
an alternative information and consultation procedure -
( a ) where it can show that the disclosure would be likely
to prejudice significantly and adversely the economic
or financial position of an undertaking or group of
undertakings or breach statutory or regulatory rules, or
( b ) where the information is of a kind that meets objective
standards for determining that it should be withheld as
agreed between the central management and the
Special Negotiating Body, European Works Council or
the employees’ representatives to an information and
consultation procedure.
Protection of 
Employees’ 
representatives.
10. (1) Members of the Special Negotiating body or members
of the European Works Council or any other body established by
virtue of these regulations shall, in the exercise of their functions,
enjoy the same protection as an employees’ representative in terms
of article 36(14)( a ) of the Act.
(2) Such members as referred to in the preceding subregulation
shall be allowed to attend any meetings of the Special Negotiating
Body, European Works Council or any other meeting within the
framework of the agreement referred to in regulation 7(2) and shall
be paid their wages during the periods of absence from their place
of work as may be necessary to perform their duties pursuant to
these regulations.
Employees’ 
existing rights.
11. These regulations shall be without prejudice to any
existing rights to information and consultation which employees
may have as a result of existing legislation.
Existing 
agreements.
12. (1) The obligations resulting from these regulations shall
not apply to Community-scale undertakings or Community-scale
groups of undertakings, in which, on the date of entry into force of
these regulations, there was already an agreement covering the
entire workforce providing for the transnational information and
consultation of employees.
(2) When the agreements referred to in the preceding
subregulation expire, the parties to those agreements may jointly
agree to renew them, but, in the absence of such a written
agreement, shall commence the process to set up a European Works
Council as mentioned in these regulations.
Enforcement. 13. Any person who fails to comply with any obligation
imposed on such person under these regulations shall be guilty of
an offence and, on conviction, be liable -
( a ) to a fine of not less than ten liri and not more than fifty
liri for every employee of the Community-scale
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undertaking or Community-scale group of
undertakings as the case may be in relation to a failure
by central management to:
(i) provide information about the number of
employees or the status of employees for the
purpose of regulation 4, or to wilfully obstruct
or delay the provision of such information, or
(ii) establish, or to fully establish, a Special
Negotiating Body, a European Works Council or
an information and consultation procedure in
accordance with any agreement reached pursuant
to regulation 7,
(iii) comply with the requirements referred to in
regulation 8;
( b ) in relation to any other offence, a fine of not less than
five hundred liri and not more than five thousand liri.
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SCHEDULE
(Regulation 8)
Subsidiary Requirements
The establishment, composition and competence of a European Works
Council shall be governed by the following rules:
1. (1) The competence of the European Works Council shall be limited to
information and consultation on the matters which concern the Community-scale
undertaking or Community-scale group of undertakings as a whole or at least two of
its establishments or group undertakings situated in different Member States. This
provision shall apply whether the central management is located in a Member State
or elsewhere.
(2) In the case of Community-scale undertakings or Community-scale groups of
undertakings referred to in regulation 3(1)( b ) and ( c ), the competence of the
European Works Council shall be limited to those matters concerning all the
establishments or group organisations situated within the Member States or
concerning at least two of the establishments or group organisations situated in
different Member States.
(3) The European Works Council shall be composed of employees of the
Community-scale undertakings or Community-scale groups of undertakings elected
or appointed from their number by the employees’ representatives or, in the absence
thereof, by the entire body of employees.
(4) ( a ) The European Works Council shall be composed of a minimum of three
and a maximum of thirty members.
( b ) Where its size so warrants, the European Works Council shall elect a
select committee from among its members, comprising at most three
members, to act on behalf of the European Works Council.
( c ) Saving what is mentioned in these regulations, the European Works
Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
(5) In the election or appointment of members on the European Works Council,
it shall be ensured that:
( a ) there shall be at least one member representing each Member State in
which the Community-scale undertaking has one or more
establishments or in which the Community-scale group of undertakings
has the controlling undertaking or one or more controlled undertakings;
( b ) additional members shall be elected to the European Works Council in
accordance with the following criteria:
(i) where applicable, one additional seat for each Member State
where at least 25% but less than 50% of the employees are
employed;
(ii) two additional members from a Member State where at least 50%
but less than 75% of the employees are employed;
(iii) three additional seats per Member Sate where 75% or more of the
employees are employed.
(6) The central management and any other more appropriate level of
management shall be informed by the European Works Council of its composition.
(7) The Maltese members of the European Works Council shall be Maltese
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employees and shall be elected or appointed according to the procedure outlined in
regulation 6.
(8) ( a ) Four years after the date when the European Works Council has been
established there shall be examined whether to open negotiations for the
conclusion of the agreement referred to in regulation 7 or to continue to
apply the subsidiary requirements adopted in accordance with this
Schedule.
( b ) Regulations 7 and 8 shall apply  mutatis mutandis , if a decision has been
taken to negotiate an agreement according to regulation 7, in which case
‘Special Negotiating Body’ shall be replaced by ‘European Works
Council’ 
2. (1) The European Works Council shall have the right to meet with the
central management once a year, to be informed and consulted, on the basis of a
report drawn up by the central management, on the progress of the business of the
Community-scale undertakings or Community-scale group of undertakings and its
prospects and the local managements shall be informed accordingly.
(2) The meeting referred to in the preceding paragraph shall relate in particular
to the structure, economic and financial situation, the probable development of the
business and of production and sales, the situation and probable trend of
employment, investments, and substantial changes concerning organization,
introduction of new working methods or production processes, transfers of
production, mergers, cut-backs or closures of undertakings, establishments or
important parts thereof, and collective redundancies.
3. (1) Where there are exceptional circumstances affecting the employees’
interests to a considerable extent, particularly in the event of relocations, the closure
of establishments or undertakings or collective redundancies, the European Works
Council shall have the right to be informed.
(2) The European Works Council shall have the right to meet, at its request, the
central management, or any other more appropriate level of management within
Community-scale undertaking or Community-scale group of undertakings having its
own powers of decision, so as to be informed and consulted on measures
significantly affecting employees’ interests.
(3) Those members of the European Works Council who would have been
elected or appointed by the establishments and, or organisations which are directly
concerned by the measures in question shall also have the right to participate in the
meeting organised with the select committee.
(4) The information and consultation meeting mentioned in the preceding
paragraphs shall take place as soon as possible on the basis of a report drawn up by
the central management or any other appropriate level of management of the
Community-scale undertaking or Community-scale group of undertakings, on which
an opinion may be delivered at the end of the meeting or within a reasonable time:
Provided that the prerogatives of the central management shall not be
prejudiced by the holding of such a meeting.
4. The parties present at the meeting referred to in paragraph 2 of this Schedule
are to agree as to how to conduct the procedure during the said meeting and in case
of disagreement then the parties should alternatively conduct the meeting and
establish the procedure thereof.
5. Before any meeting with the central management, the European Works
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council or the select committee, where necessary enlarged in accordance with the
provisions of paragraph 3(3), shall be entitled to meet without the management
concerned being present.
6. Without prejudice to regulation 9, the members of the European Works
Council shall inform the representatives of the employees of the establishments or of
the undertakings of a Community scale group of undertakings or, in the absence of
representatives, the workforce as a whole, of the content and outcome of the
information and consultation procedure carried out in accordance with this Schedule.
7. The European Works Council or the select committee may be assisted by
experts of its choice, in so far as this is necessary for it to carry out its tasks.
8. (1) The operating expenses of the European Works Council shall be borne
by the central management, which shall provide the members of the European Works
Council with such financial and material resources as to enable them to perform their
duties in an appropriate manner.
(2) In particular, the cost of organising meetings and arranging for
interpretation facilities and the accommodation and travelling expenses of members
of the European Works Council and its select committee shall be met by the central
management unless otherwise agreed.
