The employer informs the mayor of the municipality of the proposed closure of the establishment. As soon as it has been notified of the plan, the administrative authority will inform the elected representatives concerned.
An employer who has informed the social and economic committee of a plan to close a plant must look for a buyer. The employer is required to 1° Inform potential buyers, by any appropriate means, of its intention to sell the business; 2° Immediately produce a document presenting the business to potential buyers; 3° Where applicable, initiate the environmental assessment referred to in article L. 623-1 of the French Commercial…
The Social and Economic Committee is informed of formal takeover offers no later than eight days after receipt. The information communicated to it in this respect is deemed to be confidential under the conditions set out in article L. 2325-5. It may issue an opinion within the timeframes provided for in Article L. 1233-30, participate in the search for a buyer and make proposals.
If the social and economic committee wishes to participate in the search for a buyer, the employer shall give it access, at its request, to the information mentioned in 4° to 6° of article L. 1233-57-14.
The social and economic committee can call on the assistance of an expert of its choice, paid for by the company. The task of this expert is to analyse the process of finding a buyer, its methodology and scope, to assess the information made available to potential buyers, to study takeover offers and to provide assistance in the search for a buyer by the social and economic committee and in…
In companies with a central company social and economic committee, the establishment social and economic committees exercise the powers entrusted to the social and economic committee pursuant to Articles L. 1233-57-15 to L. 1233-57-17, L. 1233-57-19 and L. 1233-57-20, within the limits of the powers entrusted to the heads of these establishments.
The employer consults the social and economic committee on any takeover offer that it wishes to take up and indicates the reasons for accepting the offer, particularly with regard to the offeror’s ability to guarantee the continuity of the business and employment in the establishment. The Social and Economic Committee issues an opinion on this offer within a timeframe set in application of article L. 2323-3. When the procedure is…
Before the end of the information and consultation procedure provided for in article L. 1233-30, if no takeover offer has been received or if the employer has not wished to take up any of the offers, the employer shall call a meeting of the social and economic committee and present it with a report, which shall be sent to the administrative authority. This report indicates 1° The steps taken to…
The actions undertaken by the employer under the obligation to find a buyer are taken into account in the revitalisation agreement concluded between the company and the administrative authority pursuant to articles L. 1233-84 to L. 1233-90. Having regard to the employer’s ability to avoid redundancies or to limit the number of redundancies by selling the establishment concerned by the closure project, as attested by the reports mentioned in articles…
A decree in the Conseil d’Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this section.
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