The negotiations, which took less than 6 months, involved representatives from the 16 European countries in which Dassault Group has a presence. Currently most of the company’s employees are located in France and in Germany but going forward the group is looking to redress the European balance.
Committee of the European Company (CEC). The CEC will be made up of at least one seat per country and per 10% of total staff up to a maximum number of 40 seats. The agreement outlines an adjustment process for seat number reductions should the initial seat assignment procedure result in more than 40 seats. The CEC has been given the competence to consider transnational issues in so far as they impact the SE itself and/or any subsidiary or entity in at least one of the member States. In addition it has the competence to examine issues that relate to the SE’s decision-making powers and that exceed the scope of national bodies’ competence.