Book II: Collective bargaining - Collective bargaining agreements

The territorial scope of application of cross-industry agreements may be national, regional or local.

The validity of a cross-industry agreement is subject to its signature by one or more representative employee trade union organisations that have received, in the elections taken into account for the measurement of the audience provided for in 3° of article L. 2122-9, at least 30% of the votes cast in favour of organisations recognised as representative at this level, whatever the number of voters, and in the absence of…

The recognised representativeness of a category-based trade union organisation affiliated to a category-based trade union confederation in respect of the employees it is statutorily entitled to represent gives it the right to negotiate any provision applicable to that category of employees. When the cross-industry agreement only concerns a specific professional category covered by an electoral college, its validity is subject to its signature by one or more representative employee trade…

The cross-industry agreements include, for the benefit of company employees taking part in negotiations, as well as in meetings of the joint bodies they set up, stipulations relating to the procedures for exercising the right to be absent, compensation for loss of wages or the maintenance of wages, as well as compensation for travel expenses.

Inter-professional agreements set up joint interpretation committees.