# Directive (EU) 2019/2121 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 amending Directive (EU) 2017/1132 as regards cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions (Text with EEA relevance), Article 4: Reporting and review

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The Commission shall, no later than 1 February 2027, carry out an evaluation of this Directive, including an evaluation of the implementation of the provisions on employee information, consultation and participation in the context of cross-border operations, including an assessment of the rules on the proportion of employee representatives in the administrative body of the company resulting from the cross-border operation, and of the effectiveness of the safeguards regarding negotiations of employee participation rights, taking into consideration the dynamic nature of companies growing cross-border, and shall present a report to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee on the findings of that evaluation, in particular considering the possible need to introduce a harmonised framework on board level employee representation in Union law, accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal.
Member States shall provide the Commission with the information necessary for the preparation of that report, in particular by providing data on the number of cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions, their duration and related costs, data on the cases in which a pre-operation certificate was refused, as well as statistical aggregated data on the number of negotiations on employee participation rights in cross-border operations. The Member States shall also provide the Commission with data on the functioning and effects of jurisdiction rules applicable in cross-border operations.
2. The report shall in particular evaluate the procedures referred to in Chapters -I and IV of Title II of Directive (EU) 2017/1132, notably in terms of their duration and costs.
3. The report shall include an assessment of the feasibility of providing rules for types of cross-border divisions which are not covered by this Directive, including in particular cross-border divisions by acquisition.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2019/2121/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2019-2121/article-4
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