Common use of Monitoring of the Agreement Clause in Contracts

Monitoring of the Agreement. The application of this Agreement in one or several Danone companies shall not override pre-existing situations that are more favourable to employees, whether derived from national laws, the application of a collective agreement at national or any other level, or pre-existing custom at the site. Any dispute on this point shall be referred to the Interpretation Committee. In case of interpretation divergence, the text in French will prevail. Danone and IUF agree to the establishment of joint monitoring of this Agreement in the Group companies. This monitoring shall consist of at least one annual specifial meeting of the IUF/Danone Steering Committee to analyse the following indicators which will be included in the annual report of financial and social indicators to all the CIC members: • Number of accidents per business; • Accident frequency rate; • Accident severity rate; • Social welfare cover rate; • Number of cases of occupational illness; • Percentage of yearly appraisal interviews performed; • Percentage of sites having a specific health, safety and working conditions body with staff representation; • Percentage of sites having a medical monitoring unit. • Number of companies having an agreement or plan on prevention of stress and psycho-social risks. Best practices reported to the Steering Committee shall be the subject of a presentation to the C.I.C. Exchange of best practice among sites or companies, both at management and staff representative levels, shall be encouraged. Any trade union or company management shall be entitled, via the appropriate channels (IUF for trade unions), to submit the matter to the Agreement Interpretation Committee if it considers that one or several provisions of this Agreement present a difficulty of application. The actual dispositions concerned must be clearly indicated. The Danone/IUF Steering Committee shall act as the Interpretation Committee. Should the findings be unanimously arrived at, they shall become enforceable. In the opposite case, each party shall remain free to act as it sees fit, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.

Monitoring of the Agreement. The application of this Agreement in one or several Danone companies shall not override pre-existing situations that are more favourable to employees, whether derived from national laws, the application of a collective agreement at national or any other level, or pre-existing custom at the site. Any dispute on this point shall be referred to the Interpretation Committee. In case of interpretation divergence, the text in French will prevail. Danone and IUF agree to the establishment of joint monitoring of this Agreement in the Group companies. This monitoring shall consist of at least one annual specifial meeting of the IUF/Danone Steering Committee to analyse the following indicators which will be included in the annual report of financial and social indicators to all the CIC members: •  Number of accidents per business; •  Accident frequency rate; •  Accident severity rate; •  Social welfare cover rate; •  Number of cases of occupational illness; •  Percentage of yearly appraisal interviews performed; •  Percentage of sites having a specific health, safety and working conditions body with staff representation; •  Percentage of sites having a medical monitoring unit. •  Number of companies having an agreement or plan on prevention of stress and psycho-social risks. Best practices reported to the Steering Committee shall be the subject of a presentation to the C.I.C. Exchange of best practice among sites or companies, both at management and staff representative levels, shall be encouraged. Any trade union or company management shall be entitled, via the appropriate channels (IUF for trade unions), to submit the matter to the Agreement Interpretation Committee if it considers that one or several provisions of this Agreement present a difficulty of application. The actual dispositions concerned must be clearly indicated. The Danone/IUF Steering Committee shall act as the Interpretation Committee. Should the findings be unanimously arrived at, they shall become enforceable. In the opposite case, each party shall remain free to act as it sees fit, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.