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Article L2253-6 of the French Labour Code

When an agreement concluded at company level expressly provides for this, its stipulations replace the stipulations having the same object in agreements or conventions concluded previously or subsequently in the establishments included in the scope of this agreement.

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Article L2253-7 of the French Labour Code

Where an agreement concluded at the level of several undertakings expressly so provides, its stipulations shall replace the stipulations having the same object in agreements or arrangements concluded previously or subsequently in the undertakings or establishments included within the scope of this agreement.

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Article L2254-2 of the French Labour Code

I. – In order to meet the needs associated with the operation of the company or with a view to preserving or developing employment, a collective performance agreement may : – adjust working hours and the way in which they are organised and distributed ; – adjust remuneration within the meaning of article L. 3221-3 in compliance with the minimum hierarchical wages mentioned in 1° of I of article L….

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Article L2261-2 of the French Labour Code

The applicable collective agreement is that governing the employer’s main activity. In the event of several activities making the application of this criterion uncertain, collective agreements and professional agreements may, by means of reciprocal clauses of an identical nature, lay down the conditions under which the company determines the agreements and arrangements applicable to it.

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Article L2261-3 of the French Labour Code

Any representative trade union organisation of employees and any trade union organisation or association of employers or individual employers may join an agreement. However, if the activity in which they or their members engage does not fall within the scope of the agreement, their membership is subject to the provisions of articles L. 2261-5 or L. 2261-6, as applicable. Membership is notified to the signatories of the convention or agreement…

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Article L2261-4 of the French Labour Code

When a trade union or employers’ organisation that is representative within the scope of the agreement adheres to all the clauses of a branch agreement or a professional or inter-professional agreement, this organisation has the same rights and obligations as the signatory parties. In particular, it may sit on joint bodies and participate in the management of institutions created by the branch agreement or the professional or cross-industry agreement, as…

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Article L2261-5 of the French Labour Code

If the purpose of accession is to make the branch agreement or the professional or interprofessional agreement applicable in a territorial or professional sector not included in its scope, it must take the form of a collective agreement between the interested parties in accordance with the provisions of article L. 2231-1 and the signatory parties of this agreement or this agreement. The scope is modified accordingly.

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Article L2261-6 of the French Labour Code

Where the company does not fall within the territorial or professional scope of application of either a branch agreement or a professional or inter-professional agreement, the employer’s adherence to such an agreement is subject to the approval of the organisations mentioned in article L. 2232-16, after negotiations on the matter.

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