Book VII: Provisions specific to certain professions

When the parties concerned take the initiative to have recourse to the regulatory conciliation procedure, the most diligent party sends the Minister or the Director of Maritime Affairs concerned a request for conciliation drawn up on plain paper and setting out the points to which the dispute relates. The Director of Maritime Affairs will forward the request to the Secretary of the relevant Commission. When the Minister or the Director…

For the application of article R. 523-14 to the merchant navy, the documents referred to in the said article shall be sent to the Minister responsible for the merchant navy. A copy of the agreement is filed with the Minister.

The secretariat of the commissions is provided by the departments of the Ministry of the Merchant Navy.

Committee members must be of French nationality and enjoy their civil and political rights.

The employer is required to give all facilities to committee members to enable them to carry out their duties.

A joint order of the Minister for the Merchant Navy and the Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs sets the conditions under which travel allowances will be paid to committee members and, for members other than active civil servants, holiday allowances.