When the job losses resulting from the collective agreement provided for in Article L. 1237-19 affect, by their scale, the balance of the employment area or areas in which they are located, the companies or establishments with at least one thousand employees as well as the companies mentioned inArticle L. 2331-1 and those meeting the conditions mentioned in Articles L. 2341-1 and L. 2341-2, provided that they employ a total of at least one thousand employees, are required to contribute to the creation of activities and the development of jobs and to mitigate the effects of the planned collective agreement on the other companies in the employment area or areas.
These provisions do not apply to companies in receivership or compulsory liquidation.