Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Referral to the commission suspends any statute of limitations.

On proof of referral to the commission, the tribunal de grande instance shall stay the proceedings until the expiry of the six-month period provided for in Article L. 615-21 unless the commission has already formulated its conciliation proposal.

Failing agreement between the parties, only the commission’s proposal shall be brought to the court’s attention.

The agreement between the parties resulting from the conciliation proposal in the case provided for in Article L. 615-21 is made enforceable by decision of the President of the Tribunal de Grande Instance within whose jurisdiction the conciliation proposal was made.

Subject to the measures provided for in Article R. 615-34, the provisions of articles R. 615-9 to R. 615-32 relating to the joint conciliation commission are applicable to disputes arising from the application, under the conditions provided for by the articles R. 611-11 to R. 611-14-1, of the articles L. 611-7 and L. 611-7-1.

For disputes involving the civil servants and agents referred to in article R. 611-11 and the natural persons referred to in article R. 611-22, a special list is drawn up from which the two assessors of the chairman of the joint conciliation commission are chosen for each case. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of this article, this list shall include persons registered on the proposal, on the…