Section 5: Inter-company agreements

An agreement may be negotiated and concluded at the level of several companies between, on the one hand, the employers and, on the other hand, the representative trade union organisations at the level of all the companies concerned.

The representativeness of the trade union organisations within the scope of this agreement is assessed in accordance with the rules defined in articles L. 2122-1 to L. 2122-3 relating to trade union representativeness at company level, by adding together all the votes obtained in the companies or establishments concerned at the last elections preceding the opening of the first negotiation meeting.

The validity of an inter-company agreement is assessed in accordance with 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 included in the perimeter of this agreement. The consultation of employees, where applicable, is also carried out within this perimeter.