I.-An imbalance in the local commercial fabric within the perimeter of a territorial coherence plan provided for in Title IV of Book I of the Town Planning Code may be established by the concordant deliberations of the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation or the groupings of territorial authorities responsible for drawing up this plan.
II.-The presidents of the said public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation or groupings of territorial authorities shall consult the employee and employer organisations established within the perimeter of the territorial coherence plan.
II – The presidents of the said public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation or groups of territorial authorities consult the trade union organisations of employees and the employers’ organisations of a profession established within the perimeter of the territorial coherence plan in order to obtain an agreement on the framework for the days and hours of opening to the public of certain commercial establishments located within this perimeter. These commercial establishments may be defined according to their category or location.
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III – The agreement obtained is valid for five years, provided that it is not called into question in accordance with the procedures set out in II of this article. The representative of the State in the department may prescribe the terms by decree, at the request of the organisations concerned, under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 3132-29 of the Labour Code. Reasons for refusal may include failure to comply with the scope of the agreement provided for in II of this article, failure to comply with legislative or regulatory provisions or an overriding reason in the general interest.
IV.-The terms and conditions of the agreement.
IV – The detailed rules for the application of this article are laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
It should be noted that this article does not apply in the event of a breach of the scope of the agreement provided for in II.