France : court ruling in summary proceedings on precedence of European works council in information/consultation procedure

Transnational character. Overriding the Beiersdorf management, which contested the transnational character of the restructuring, the court based its decision on the document communicated to the works council specifying notably: “the group has undertaken to close three plants (closures announced in the Swedish, Dutch and German factories) whose volume of activity will be transferred to other sites of the group in Europe”. Hence the transnational character was clearly demonstrated.
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rning several countries: Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Sweden. France was not involved. On the other hand, the French management called on September 5, 2006 an extraordinary meeting with the works council scheduled on September 12 for information and consultation on a plan for the reorganisation of its industrial, logistics, commercial and marketing activities as well as its central services. After receiving details on the envisaged restructuring at this meeting, the works committee con

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