Section 3: Public companies and public industrial and commercial establishments.

In public undertakings and public industrial and commercial establishments employing statutory staff, collective labour disputes may be submitted to conciliation procedures under the conditions defined in this section.

In each public undertaking or public institution concerned, a protocol drawn up by agreement between the management, the trade unions representing the staff and the minister responsible for the public undertaking or public institution sets out the procedure for examining collective labour disputes with a view to conciliation.

The conciliation procedure involves, under the chairmanship of the minister responsible for the public company or public establishment, the management of the public company or public establishment and representatives of the trade unions representing the staff. When the dispute concerns the remuneration of active or retired personnel, the representatives of the ministers responsible for labour, the budget and the economy are also involved.

The agreements reached at the end of the conciliation between the parties involved in this procedure are recorded in the minutes of the meetings and are binding on the parties.

In the absence of special procedures instituted in accordance with Article L. 2522-9, collective labour disputes in public undertakings and public industrial and commercial establishments with statutory status may be submitted to the conciliation procedure under ordinary law.