However, the rules in force concerning employee participation, if any, in the Member State where the company resulting from the cross-border merger has its registered office shall not apply, where at least one of the merging companies has, in the six months prior to the publication of the draft terms of the cross-border merger as referred to in Article 123, an average number of employees that exceeds 500 and is operating under an employee participation system within the meaning of point (k) of Article 2 of Directive 2001/86/EC, or where the national law applicable to the company resulting from the cross-border merger does not:
Mar sin féin, ní bheidh feidhm ag na rialacha maidir le rannpháirtíocht na bhfostaithe, más ann dóibh, sa Bhallstát ina mbeidh oifig chláraithe na cuideachta a thiocfaidh as an gcumasc trasteorann, i gcás, sna sé mhí roimh fhoilsiú dhréacht-téarmaí an chumaisc thrasteorann dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 123, gur mó ná 500 ar an meán líon na bhfostaithe atá ag ceann amháin ar a laghad de na cuideachtaí atá ag cumasc, agus go bhfuil ceann amháin díobh ar a laghad ag feidhmiú faoi chóras rannpháirtíochta fostaithe de réir bhrí phointe (k) d'Airteagal 2 de Threoir 2001/86/CE, nó i gcás, faoin dlí náisiúnta is infheidhme maidir leis an gcuideachta a thiocfaidh as an gcumasc trasteorann, nach ndéantar an méid a leanas: