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Article R1423-1 of the French Labour Code

I. – The industrial tribunal is divided into five autonomous sections: 1° The management section; 2° The industry section; 3° The trade and commercial services section; 4° The agriculture section; 5° The miscellaneous activities section. Each section comprises at least three employers’ and three employees’ councillors.

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Article R1423-2 of the French Labour Code

Where the jurisdiction of a judicial court includes several industrial tribunals, a single agricultural section is set up for the entire jurisdiction of this court. This section is attached to the industrial tribunal whose seat is that of that court. However, the single agricultural section set up for the entire jurisdiction of the Privas judicial court is attached to the Aubenas industrial tribunal.

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Article R1423-3 of the French Labour Code

Where a département has several industrial tribunals with an agricultural section, it is possible to reduce the number of agricultural sections in the département. This reduction takes into account the number and variety of cases handled. This section is attached to one of these councils by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.

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Article R1423-4 of the French Labour Code

The Minister for Justice and the Minister for Labour shall set out by order, for each general appointment of industrial tribunal members, the allocation table referred to in Article L. 1423-1-1. Subject to the provisions relating to the management section, this table assigns each collective agreement or branch collective agreement to the industry, commerce and commercial services, agriculture or miscellaneous activities sections according to their scope of application. In the…

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Article R1423-6 of the French Labour Code

Cases are divided between the sections of the industrial tribunal in accordance with : 1° For the management section, article L. 1423-1-2 ; 2° For the other sections, the allocation table provided for in Article R. 1423-4. For the application of 2° of this article, changes to the table made in application of article R. 1423-4 are only taken into account from the appointment of the industrial tribunal members following…

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Article R1423-7 of the French Labour Code

In the event of difficulty in allocating a case or of a dispute as to whether a section is aware of a case, the file is forwarded to the President of the industrial tribunal, who, after receiving the opinion of the Vice-President, refers the case to the section that he designates by order. This order constitutes a measure of judicial administration that is not subject to appeal. Disputes are lodged…

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