Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

The validity of a company or establishment agreement is subject to its signature by, on the one hand, the employer or his representative and, on the other hand, one or more representative employee trade union organisations having received more than 50% of the votes cast in favour of representative organisations in the first round of the most recent elections of permanent members to the social and economic committee, whatever the…

The fact that a category-based trade union organisation affiliated to a category-based trade union confederation is recognised as representative of the employees it is statutorily authorised to represent gives it the right to negotiate any provision applicable to that category of employees. Where the agreement or arrangement only concerns a specific professional category covered by an electoral college, its validity is subject to its signature by, on the one hand,…

In the event of a lack of participation in the first round of professional elections, where the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 2143-23 are applied, the validity of the company or establishment agreement negotiated and concluded with the trade union section representative is subject to its approval by the employees by a majority of the votes cast under conditions determined by decree and in compliance with the…