Who sits on the special negotiating body (SNB)?
According to Art. 16 III lit. a and Art. 3 II SE Directive, the seats are allocated proportionally among the member states in which the participating companies have employees: for every 10% (or fraction thereof) of the total number of employees of the companies involved in the merger, the country has the right to send one member to the SNB. Thereby, all countries concerned will have at least one representative on the SNB. There could be additional seats (but not more than 20% of the total number) to ensure that if possible all involved companies are represented in the SNB. It is up to the member states to define how their SNB members are elected or appointed. Furthermore, the member states may provide that representatives of trade unions be allowed to become SNB members, even if they are not employees.
