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Article L2132-5 of the French Labour Code

Trade unions may: 1° Set up and administer information centres for job offers and applications; 2° Create, administer and subsidise professional provident institutions, educational, training, popularisation or research organisations in areas of interest to the profession; 3° Subsidising production or consumer cooperatives, financing the creation of low-cost housing or the acquisition of land for allotments or physical and sporting activities.

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Article L2132-6 of the French Labour Code

Trade unions may set up special mutual aid and pension funds for their members. The funds of these funds may not be seized within the limits determined by the Code de la mutualité. Any person who withdraws from a trade union retains the right to be a member of the mutual aid and retirement societies for old age to whose assets he has contributed through contributions or payment of funds.

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Article L2133-2 of the French Labour Code

Unions of trade unions are subject to the provisions of articles L. 2131-1, L. 2131-3 to L. 2131-5, L. 2141-1 and L. 2141-2. They make known the name and registered office of the trade unions of which they are composed. Their articles of association determine the rules according to which the unions belonging to the union are represented on the board of directors and at general meetings.

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Article L2134-1 of the French Labour Code

Trade associations may register their trademarks or labels by completing the formalities set out in articles L. 712-1 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code. They may then claim exclusive ownership under the conditions set out in this code. Trademarks or labels may be affixed to any product or commercial object to certify the conditions of manufacture. They may be used by any individual or company marketing these products.

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Article L2134-2 of the French Labour Code

The use of trade union brands or labels may not have the effect of undermining the provisions of articles L. 2141-5 to L. 2141-8. Any agreement or provision tending to oblige the employer to hire or retain in his service only members of the trade union that owns the mark or label is null and void.

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Article L2135-1 of the French Labour Code

The professional trade unions and their unions mentioned in articles L. 2131-2, L. 2133-1 and L. 2133-2 relating to the creation of professional trade unions and the associations of employees or employers governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association or, in the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin, by local law are subject to the accounting obligations defined in article L. 123-12 of…

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Article L2135-2 of the French Labour Code

The professional trade unions and their associations and the employees’ or employers’ associations mentioned in Article L. 2135-1 which control one or more legal entities within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 of the French Commercial Code, without having a membership or affiliation relationship with them, are required, under conditions determined by decree issued after obtaining the opinion of the French Accounting Standards Authority : a) prepare consolidated accounts. Article…

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Article L2135-3 of the French Labour Code

The professional trade unions of employees or employers, their unions and the associations of employees or employers mentioned in Article L. 2135-1 may, where their articles of association so provide, prepare combined accounts incorporating the accounts of the legal entities and entities with which they have membership or affiliation links, under conditions determined by decree issued after obtaining the opinion of the French Accounting Standards Authority (Autorité des normes comptables).

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