Section 7: Extension and enlargement

In order to be extended, the branch agreement or the professional or interprofessional agreement, their riders or annexes, must have been negotiated and concluded within the joint committee mentioned in article L. 2232-9. This committee is made up of representatives of representative employers’ and employees’ trade unions in the field of application in question. In order to be extended, the branch agreement or the professional or interprofessional agreement, their amendments…

At the request of one of the representative employers’ and employees’ trade unions, or on its own initiative, the administrative authority may convene a joint committee meeting. When two of these organisations so request, the administrative authority will convene the joint committee.

In the event of a dispute over the size of the delegations making up the joint committee, they shall be convened in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.

I.-In order to be extended, the branch agreement concluded at national level must contain clauses relating to the determination of the rules for negotiation and conclusion, as provided for in articles : 1° L. 2222-1 and L. 2222-2, relating to the territorial and professional scope ; 2° L. 2222-5 and L. 2222-6, relating to the procedures for renewal, revision and termination; 3° L. 2232-3 and L. 2232-9, relating to the…

In the absence of an agreement at national level, the conditions for extension provided for in Article L. 2261-22 are applicable to branch agreements concluded at other territorial levels, subject to the adaptations required by the conditions specific to the territorial sectors in question.

In order to be extended, the branch agreement or professional agreement must, unless justified, include the specific stipulations mentioned in Article L. 2232-10-1 for undertakings with fewer than fifty employees.