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Article L1224-3-1 of the French Labour Code

Subject to the application of special legislative or regulatory provisions, when the activity of a public law legal entity employing non-tenured public law employees is taken over by a private law legal entity or by a public law body managing a public industrial and commercial service, this legal entity or body offers these employees a contract governed by this code.

The proposed contract shall include the substantial clauses of the contract held by the employees, in particular those relating to remuneration.

If the employees refuse to accept the proposed contract, their contract is automatically terminated. The legal entity or body taking over the activity shall apply the provisions of public law relating to redundant employees.

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Article L1224-3-1

Sous réserve de l’application de dispositions législatives ou réglementaires spéciales, lorsque l’activité d’une personne morale de droit public employant des agents non titulaires de droit public est reprise par une personne morale de droit privé ou par un organisme de droit public gérant un service public industriel et commercial, cette personne morale ou cet organisme propose à ces agents un contrat régi par le présent code.


Le contrat proposé reprend les clauses substantielles du contrat dont les agents sont titulaires, en particulier celles qui concernent la rémunération.


En cas de refus des agents d’accepter le contrat proposé, leur contrat prend fin de plein droit. La personne morale ou l’organisme qui reprend l’activité applique les dispositions de droit public relatives aux agents licenciés.

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