French Labour Code
In forceWhere there is a central works council, the full and alternate members are elected, for each of the colleges, by all the full members of the works councils, on lists presented by the representative trade union organisations at company level and made up of full or alternate members of the works councils.
In companies which have joint departments in application of article 5 of the law of 8th April 1946, a number of seats which takes into account the size of the workforce in these departments in relation to the total workforce of the company must be reserved for representatives of these joint departments within each of the central committees of the said companies. The full members of the works councils of the joint departments are electors for each central works council.
For the examination of questions specifically concerning the joint departments referred to in the previous paragraph, the powers of the Central Works Council are exercised by a special delegation representing the two Central Works Councils concerned. This delegation is made up of all the members of the said committees from the joint departments. It is chaired by a responsible director appointed by agreement between the chairmen of the central works councils.
The terms of application of the first and second paragraphs of this article are set by company agreements. In the absence of an agreement, the procedure set out in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 435-4 shall apply.
