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Following its takeover of Volkswagen, the luxury car manufacturer announced that it wanted to try to transform into an EC, through the creation of a holding company. Even though the measure will...

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Strabag SE : difficult beginning for the agreement on workers’ representation in the SE

Registered as a European company, on October 12th, 2004, Strabag, the Austrian and European construction firm, finally concluded an agreement on workers' representation in May 2006. Broadly...

11 December 2006

MAN Diesel SE: the agreement on workers’ representation in the European company broadly designed on the German co-management model

MAN Diesel, a world leader in diesel engines, chose to maintain the existing dual structure. The firm’s head office remains in Augsburg. The directorate is supervised by a board of directors...

30 November 2006

Allianz SE : « participation » chapter now in the agreement on workers’ involvement in the European company

The German insurance group Allianz, which announced its transformation into a European company, concluded an agreement on the involvement of workers in the European company (see article n°06938)...

25 October 2006

Allianz: agreement signed on employee representation at Allianz EC

In the future, employees will be represented at the European level within two authorities:

25 September 2006

Scor: the reinsurance group is transformed into three European Companies

Scor announced, on July 4, the purchasing of the German reinsurer Revios for more than 650 million euros and its transformation into three European companies. Scor is the first French listed...

6 July 2006

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