Section 4: Group agreements.

The group agreement sets out the scope of application of all or part of the undertakings making up the group.

The group agreement is negotiated and concluded between : – on the one hand, the employer of the dominant undertaking or one or more representatives, authorised for this purpose, of the employers of the undertakings concerned by the scope of the agreement ; – on the other hand, the representative employee trade union organisations in the group or in all the undertakings concerned by the scope of the agreement.

The trade union organisations representing employees in each of the undertakings or establishments included within the scope of the agreement are informed in advance of the opening of negotiations within this scope. For the negotiation in question, the representative employee trade union organisations at the level of all the undertakings included in the perimeter of this agreement may appoint one or more group trade union coordinators chosen from among the…

All the negotiations provided for by this Code at company level may be initiated and concluded at group level under the same conditions, subject to the adaptations provided for in this section. Where an agreement on the method provided for in article L. 2222-3-1 concluded at group level so provides, the commencement at this level of one of the compulsory negotiations provided for in Chapter II of Title IV of…

The validity of an agreement concluded within all or part of a group is assessed in accordance with the conditions laid down in articles L. 2232-12 and L. 2232-13. The 30% and 50% rates mentioned in the same articles are assessed at the level of all the undertakings or establishments included in the scope of this agreement. The consultation of employees, where applicable, is also carried out within this perimeter.

Agreements concluded pursuant to this section shall be subject to the conditions of form, notification and filing set out in sections 2 and 3 of Chapter I of this Title.