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Article L2343-15 of the French Labour Code

The employer shall allow the secretary and the officers of the European Works Council the time necessary to carry out their duties up to a limit which, save in exceptional circumstances, may not exceed one hundred and twenty hours per year for each of them.

This time is considered as working time and is paid at the normal rate.

The time spent by the secretary and the members of the bureau at committee meetings and bureau meetings is not deducted from these one hundred and twenty hours.

Any employer who wishes to contest the use made of the time thus allocated shall refer the matter to the court.

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Article L2343-15

L’employeur laisse au secrétaire et aux membres du bureau du comité d’entreprise européen le temps nécessaire à l’exercice de leurs fonctions dans la limite d’une durée qui, sauf circonstances exceptionnelles, ne peut excéder cent vingt heures annuelles pour chacun d’entre eux.

Ce temps est considéré comme temps de travail et payé à l’échéance normale.

Le temps passé par le secrétaire et les membres du bureau aux séances du comité et aux réunions du bureau n’est pas déduit de ces cent vingt heures.

L’employeur qui entend contester l’usage fait du temps ainsi alloué saisit le juge judiciaire.

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