The administrative authorities responsible for issuing approval are:
1° For industry-level agreements, the Minister for Employment;
2° For company-level agreements, the Prefect of the département in which the head office of the company is located;
3° For group-level agreements, the Prefect of the département in which the head office of the dominant company as defined inarticle L. 2331-1 of the Labour Code is located.
Approval is granted for the period of validity of the agreement. The competent administrative authority takes into account the nature, scope and coherence of the various actions envisaged as well as compliance with the conditions mentioned in article R. 5212-12.