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Article L1233-57-14 of the French Labour Code

An employer who has informed the social and economic committee of a plan to close a plant must look for a buyer. The employer is required to

1° Inform potential buyers, by any appropriate means, of its intention to sell the business;

2° Immediately produce a document presenting the business to potential buyers;

3° Where applicable, initiate the environmental assessment referred to in article L. 623-1 of the French Commercial Code. This assessment must provide a precise diagnosis of the pollution caused by the establishment’s activities and present the possible clean-up solutions and their cost;

4° To give access to all necessary information to the companies applying to take over the facility, with the exception of information the disclosure of which would be likely to harm the interests of the company or would jeopardise the continuation of its business as a whole. Companies applying to take over the business are bound by an obligation of confidentiality;

5° Examine the takeover offers received;

6° Provide a reasoned response to each of the takeover offers received, within the deadlines set out in Article L. 1233-30.

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Article L1233-57-14

L’employeur ayant informé le comité social et économique du projet de fermeture d’un établissement recherche un repreneur. Il est tenu :

1° D’informer, par tout moyen approprié, des repreneurs potentiels de son intention de céder l’établissement ;

2° De réaliser sans délai un document de présentation de l’établissement destiné aux repreneurs potentiels ;

3° Le cas échéant, d’engager la réalisation du bilan environnemental mentionné à l’article L. 623-1 du code de commerce, ce bilan devant établir un diagnostic précis des pollutions dues à l’activité de l’établissement et présenter les solutions de dépollution envisageables ainsi que leur coût ;

4° De donner accès à toutes informations nécessaires aux entreprises candidates à la reprise de l’établissement, exceptées les informations dont la communication serait de nature à porter atteinte aux intérêts de l’entreprise ou mettrait en péril la poursuite de l’ensemble de son activité. Les entreprises candidates à la reprise de l’établissement sont tenues à une obligation de confidentialité ;

5° D’examiner les offres de reprise qu’il reçoit ;

6° D’apporter une réponse motivée à chacune des offres de reprise reçues, dans les délais prévus à l’article L. 1233-30.

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