If a profit-sharing agreement has not been signed within one year of the end of the financial year in respect of which the employees’ rights have arisen, this situation is recorded by the Labour Inspector.
The sums allocated to employees are placed in a current account that the company must use for investments and, subject to the cases provided for by decree in application of article L. 3324-10, frozen for eight years unless the employee requests payment of all or part of the corresponding sums under conditions set by decree. The request may be made on the occasion of each payment made in respect of the distribution of the special profit-sharing reserve. The aforementioned sums, paid into current accounts, bear interest at a rate set by order of the Minister for the Budget and the Economy.
The investment provision provided for in article L. 3325-3 may not be established.