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Title II: Establishment, organisation and operation

Article R1422-1 of the French Labour Code

When the creation or abolition of an industrial tribunal, the modification of the jurisdiction or the transfer of the registered office of a tribunal is envisaged, the Minister responsible for labour shall first publish a notice in the Journal officiel de la République française indicating : 1° The seat of the council to be created or abolished or, in the event of a transfer, the new seat of the council;…

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Article R1422-2 of the French Labour Code

The decrees establishing the industrial tribunal provided for in article L. 1422-3 determine the seat and jurisdiction of the tribunal and the date of appointment of the councillors. They are issued after consultation or opinion of : 1° The departmental council and the municipal council ; 2° The industrial tribunal(s) concerned; 3° The first president of the court of appeal; 4° Representative employers’ and employees’ organisations at national level; 5°…

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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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