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An SE agreement for CompuGroup Medical (CGM) was signed on 3 December 2015 at Frankfurt airport. The company headquartered in Koblenz, has 4,200 employees world-wide and manufactures medical information systems. The employees' side appoints two of the six members on the supervisory board, both currently from Germany. In the future, the mandates will be allocated to two different countries by the SE works council. At the time of the SE conversion, CGM had 1,800 employees in Germany and is no longer obliged to establish a full-parity supervisory board even if the workforce exceeds the 2,000 threshold. This strategy plays a crucial role in many SE conversions. This is why, out of all SE agreements concluded so far in Europe, 80% are attribubet to Germany.
As for the Special Negotiating Body, the SE works council is made up of 18 members, including five from Germany and two each from Austria and Italy. The nine remaining countries have one seat each. There are two plenary meetings per year. The steering committee is composed of five members. The SE agreement is largely based on the subsidiary requirements, which are the default regulations implemented when negotiations fail. A joint arbitration board is established for any disputes which are to be settled within two months. If this does not succeed, a mutually agreed neutral person is brought in. Legal proceedings are only possible after this step.
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