Subsection 2: Approval

To be approved, an employers’ group must meet the following conditions: 1° The collective agreement it intends to apply must be the one best suited to the activity of its various members and to the jobs performed by its employees; 2° Its articles of association must define the geographical area in which the employment contracts of the employees it intends to employ will be executed and provide that these contracts…

The administrative authority has one month following receipt of the application for approval to notify the employers’ group of its decision. If approval is refused, reasons must be given for the decision. This notification is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. If no notification is received within one month of receipt of the application, approval is deemed to have been refused.

The employers’ and employees’ organisations that are representative in the field of the chosen collective agreement are informed by the administrative authority of the approvals issued.

The employers’ group shall subsequently notify the administrative authority of any change in the information mentioned in 1° to 3° of article D. 1253-1 within one month of the change.

The employers’ group shall at all times make available to the administrative authority all documents enabling the latter to verify, for each member of the group, the information mentioned in 5° of article D. 1253-1 and to know the reason, place and duration of the work carried out by each of the group’s employees. These supporting documents are kept for a minimum of five years following the calendar year in…

The administrative authority may ask the employers’ group to choose another collective agreement if the one currently in force is no longer appropriate to the activities of the various members of the group or to the jobs performed by the employees, or if that agreement has ceased to have effect.