Chapter V: Maternity, paternity, adoption and bringing up children

In order to benefit from the pregnancy and maternity protection provided for in articles L. 1225-1 et seq., the employee shall submit to her employer, against receipt or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, a medical certificate attesting to her state of pregnancy and the presumed date of delivery or the actual date of delivery, as well as, where applicable, the existence and foreseeable duration of her medical condition…

In the event of dismissal, the medical certificate stating that the employee is pregnant, as provided for in article L. 1225-5, shall be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

For the application of the provisions of this chapter, the formalities are deemed to have been completed on the date of dispatch of the registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.