S.L. 452.98 Art. 19Linkbetweenthese regulations and other provisions. S.L. 452.86 S.L. 452.86

(1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the European Works Council Regulations, and subject to subregulation

(2), where an SCE is a Community-scale undertaking or a controlling undertaking of a Community-scale group of undertakings within the meaning of those regulations, the provisions of European Works Council Regulations shall not apply to them or to their subsidiaries.

(2) Where the special negotiating body decides in accordance with regulation 8 not to open negotiations or to terminate negotiations already opened, the provisions of the European Works Council Regulations shall apply.

(3) Provisions on the participation of employees in legal entity bodies provided for in any relevant collective agreement shall not apply to the SCEs to which regulations 4 to 11 apply.

(4) These regulations shall not prejudice:

(a) the existing rights to involvement of employees provided for by laws or applicable collective agreements as enjoyed by employees of the SCE and its subsidiaries and establishments, other than participation in the bodies of the SCE;

(b) the provisions on participation in the bodies in any relevant law or as agreed through any collective agreement applicable to the subsidiaries of the SCE or to SCEs to which regulations 4 to 11 do not apply.