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(1) The persons participating in the collective bargaining, in the elaboration of the project of the collective labor contract or of the collective agreement shall be released from the basic work, with the maintenance of the average salary for the term established by the agreement of the parties.

(2) All expenses related to the participation in the collective bargaining shall be compensated in the manner established by the legislation in force, by the collective labor contract or by the collective agreement. The work of experts, specialists and mediators shall be remunerated by the inviting party, unless the collective bargaining agreement or the collective agreement provides otherwise.

(3) During the collective bargaining period, the representatives of the employees participating in them may not be disciplined, transferred to another job or dismissed, without prior consultation of the trade union bodies that empowered them.