Regulations 71, 82, 84, 85, 89 and 90.

1. In cases falling within Regulation 83, a representative body shall be set up in accordance with this Part.

2. The representative body shall be composed of employees of the resulting company or companies and its subsidiaries and establishments elected or appointed from their number by the employees' representatives or, in the absence thereof, by the entire body of employees.

3. The members of the representative body shall be elected or appointed in proportion to the number of employees employed in each EEA state by the participating company or companies, by allocating in respect of an EEA state one seat per portion of employees employed in that EEA state which equals 10 per cent or a fraction thereof, of the number of employees employed by the participating company or companies in all the EEA states taken together.

4. The election or appointment of members of the representative body shall be carried out in accordance with a procedure agreed by the special negotiating body.