(1) In these Regulations -

"appointed" means in the absence of an election, appointed by the employees and the basis on which that appointment is made may, if the employees so determine, be such as is agreed by them with the participating companies, their subsidiaries or establishments, or the SE as the case may be;

"agency worker" means an agency worker to whom the Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012 applies;

"concerned subsidiary or establishment" means a subsidiary or establishment of a participating company which is proposed to become a subsidiary or establishment of the SE upon its formation;

"Commission" means the Workplace Relations Commission;

"Community" means - (a) the European Community, and (b) Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein;