In the absence of a stipulation in the agreement or branch agreement concluded pursuant toArticle L. 1251-12, the total duration of the assignment contract may not exceed eighteen months, taking into account, where applicable, the renewal(s) under the conditions provided for inArticle L. 1251-35 or, where applicable, Article L. 1251-35-1.
This period is reduced to nine months when the contract is concluded pending the actual entry into service of an employee recruited under an open-ended contract or when its purpose is to carry out urgent work required by safety measures.
It is also twenty-four months:
1° When the assignment is carried out abroad;
2° When the contract is concluded in the event of the permanent departure of an employee prior to the elimination of his workstation;
3° When an exceptional export order arises in the company, whether that of the main contractor or that of a subcontractor, the size of which requires the use of resources that are quantitatively or qualitatively exorbitant from those that the company normally uses. In such cases, the initial term of the contract may not be less than six months.
It is extended to thirty-six months in order to be equal to that of the training cycle completed as an apprenticeship in accordance witharticle L. 6222-7-1.