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Article L3332-10 of the French Labour Code

The annual payments made by an employee or a person referred to in Article L. 3332-2 to the company savings plans in which he participates may not exceed one quarter of his annual remuneration or his professional income taxed for income tax purposes in respect of the previous year. These payments may not exceed one time the annual remuneration or professional income taxed for the previous year when they are…

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Article L3332-11 of the French Labour Code

The sums paid annually by one or more companies for an employee or a person mentioned in article L. 3332-2 constitute the employer’s contribution and may not exceed a ceiling set by regulation for payments into a company savings plan, without being able to exceed three times the beneficiary’s contribution. This contribution may be made up of sums from profit-sharing, company profit-sharing and voluntary payments by beneficiaries. The company may…

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Article L3332-12 of the French Labour Code

Any modulation of the company’s contribution can only result from the application of general rules, which may not, under any circumstances, have the effect of making the ratio between the company’s payment and that of the employee or the person mentioned in article L. 3332-2 increase with the latter’s remuneration.

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Article L3332-13 of the French Labour Code

The company’s contribution may not replace any of the remuneration elements, such as those taken into account to determine the basis of contributions defined inarticle L. 242-1 of the Social Security Code, in force in the company at the time of setting up a plan mentioned in this article or which become compulsory by virtue of legal or contractual rules. However, this rule may not have the effect of calling…

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Article L3332-14 of the French Labour Code

The free shares allocated to employees under the conditions set out in Articles L. 225-197-1 to L. 225-197-3 and L. 22-10-59 of the French Commercial Code, without prejudice to the specific provisions set out in this paragraph, may be paid into a company savings plan on expiry of the vesting period referred to in the sixth paragraph of I of Article L. 225-197-1 of the same code, into a company…

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Article L3332-15 of the French Labour Code

The sums collected by a company savings plan may be allocated to the acquisition of : 1° Securities issued by open-ended investment companies governed by articles L. 214-7 to L. 214-7-4 and L. 214-24-29 to L. 214-24-33 of the French Monetary and Financial Code; 2° Units in unit trusts or securities issued by open-ended investment companies governed by articles L. 214-164 and L. 214-165 of the French Monetary and Financial…

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Article L3332-16 of the French Labour Code

A company savings plan established by agreement with the employees may provide for the allocation of sums paid into a dedicated fund for the repurchase of shares in this company or shares issued by companies created under the conditions provided for in article 220 nonies of the General Tax Code, as well as shares in a company in the same group within the meaning of the second paragraph of article…

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Article L3332-17 of the French Labour Code

The rules of the company savings plan provide that part of the sums collected may be allocated to the acquisition of units in funds invested, within the limits provided for in article L. 214-164 of the Monetary and Financial Code, in socially responsible companies within the meaning of article L. 3332-17-1 of this code. The rules of the company savings plan give participants at least one opportunity to acquire either…

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Article L3332-17-1 of the French Labour Code

I.-Any company that falls underArticle 1 of Law 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy and meets the following cumulative conditions may apply for “social utility solidarity enterprise” approval: 1° The company primarily pursues at least one of the following objectives: a) It carries out its activity on behalf of people who are vulnerable due to their economic or social situation within the meaning of 1°…

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