If employees have participation rights in one of the merging companies under the circumstances set out in this Directive and, if the national law of the Member State in which the company resulting from the cross-border merger has its registered office does not provide for the same level of participation as operated in the relevant merging companies, including in committees of the supervisory board that have decision-making powers, or does not provide for the same entitlement to exercise rights for employees of establishments resulting from the cross-border merger, the participation of employees in the company resulting from the cross-border merger and their involvement in the definition of such rights should be regulated.
Má bhíonn cearta rannpháirtíochta ag fostaithe i gceann amháin de na cuideachtaí atá ag cumasc faoi na himthosca a leagtar amach sa Treoir seo agus, mura ndéanfar, le dlí náisiúnta an Bhallstáit ina bhfuil a hoifig chláraithe ag an gcuideachta a thiocfaidh as an gcumasc trasteorann, foráil maidir leis an leibhéal céanna rannpháirtíochta agus a oibrítear sna cuideachtaí ábhartha atá ag cumasc, lena n-áirítear i gcoistí den bhord maoirseachta a bhfuil cumhachtaí cinnteoireachta acu, nó nach ndéanfar, leis an dlí sin, foráil maidir leis an teidlíocht chéanna chun cearta a fheidhmiú d'fhostaithe de bhunaíochtaí a thiocfaidh as an gcumasc trasteorann, ba cheart rannpháirtíocht na bhfostaithe sa chuideachta a thiocfaidh as an gcumasc trasteorann agus a rannpháirtíocht i sainiú ceart den sórt sin a rialáil.