Section 8: Restructuring of professional branches

I.-The Minister responsible for Labour may, in view of the general interest in restructuring professional branches, initiate a procedure to merge the scope of application of the collective agreements of a branch with that of a related branch with similar social and economic conditions: 1° When the branch has fewer than 5,000 employees; 2° Where the activity of the branch is characterised by a low number of agreements or endorsements…

In the event of a merger of the scope of application of several collective agreements in application of I of article L. 2261-32 or in the event of the conclusion of a collective agreement combining the scope of several existing agreements, the contractual stipulations applicable prior to the merger or combination, where they govern equivalent situations, are replaced by common stipulations, within a period of five years from the effective…

Until such time as the representativeness of the professional employers’ organisations is measured following the merger of areas covered by collective bargaining agreements pronounced in application of I of article L. 2261-32 or the conclusion of a collective agreement combining the scope of several pre-existing agreements, the professional employers’ organisations that are representative in the scope of at least one branch pre-existing the merger or combination are entitled to negotiate….