Case C-706/22, Konzernbetriebsrat: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 May 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht – Germany) – Konzernbetriebsrat der O SE & C...

Official Journal of the European Union C/2024/3883 1.7.2024 EN C series Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 May 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht – Germany) – Konzernbetriebsrat der O SE & Co. KG v Vorstand der O Holding SE (Case C-706/22, (1) Konzernbetriebsrat) (Reference for a preliminary ruling – European company – Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 – Article 12(2) – Involvement of employees – Registration of the European company – Conditions – Prior implementation of the negotiation procedure on the involvement of employees referred to in Directive 2001/86/EC – European company which was established and registered without employees but which became the parent company of subsidiaries employing employees – No obligation to conduct a negotiation procedure retrospectively – Article 11 – Misuse of a European company – Deprivation of the rights of employees to employee involvement – Prohibition) (C/2024/3883) Language of the case: German Referring court Bundesarbeitsgericht Parties to the main proceedings Appellant on a point of law: Konzernbetriebsrat der O SE & Co. KG Respondent: Vorstand der O Holding SE Operative part of the judgment Article 12(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE), in conjunction with Articles 3 to 7 of Council Directive 2001/86/EC of 8 October 2001 supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement...