The European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Part 3: Standard rules for participation

7.—(1) In the case of an SE established by transformation, if the rules of a EEA state relating to employee participation in the administrative or supervisory body applied before registration, all aspects of employee participation shall continue to apply to the SE. Sub-paragraph (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to that end.

(2) In the case where an SE is established other than by transformation and where the employees or their representatives of at least one of the participating companies had participation rights, the representative body shall have the right to elect, appoint, recommend or oppose the appointment of a number of members of the administrative or supervisory body of the SE, such number shall be equal to the highest proportion in force in the participating companies concerned before the registration of the SE.

(3) (a) Subject to head (b), the representative body shall, taking into account the proportion of employees of the SE employed in each EEA state, decide on the allocation of seats within the administrative or supervisory body;

(b) In making the decision set out in head (a), if the employees in one or more EEA state are not covered by the proportional criterion set out in head (a), the representative body shall appoint a member from one of those EEA states including one from the EEA state in which the SE is registered, if appropriate;

(c) Every member of the administrative body or, where appropriate, the supervisory body of the SE who has been elected, appointed or recommended by the representative body or the employees shall be a full member with the same rights and obligations as the members representing shareholders, including the right to vote.