Subsection 1: Principles.

The provisions of a branch agreement or a professional or cross-industry agreement that meet the specific conditions determined by sub-section 2 may be made compulsory for all employees and employers included in the scope of application of this agreement, by order of the Minister responsible for labour, after receiving the reasoned opinion of the National Commission for Collective Bargaining, Employment and Vocational Training. The effects and sanctions of the agreement…

The Minister responsible for labour may also, in accordance with the extension procedure provided for in sub-section 3, make riders or annexes to an extended agreement or convention compulsory by order. The extension of addenda or annexes to an agreement or an extended agreement takes effect in the field of application of the reference agreement or convention, unless express provisions determine a different field of application.

In the event of the absence or failure of employees’ or employers’ organisations to act, resulting in the persistent impossibility of concluding an agreement or arrangement in a given branch of activity or territorial sector, the Minister responsible for labour may, at the request of one of the representative organisations concerned or on his own initiative, unless opposed in writing and with reasons by the majority of the members of…

When a branch agreement has not been the subject of an amendment or appendix for at least five years or, in the absence of an agreement, it has not been possible to conclude agreements for at least five years, this situation may be assimilated to the case of absence or default of the organisations within the meaning of article L. 2261-17 and give rise to the application of the procedure…