Chapter II: Representative professional employers' organisations

Applications from professional employers’ organisations are submitted to the central services of the Ministry of Labour under the conditions laid down by order of the Minister of Labour. In particular, this order sets the period for submitting candidacies.

A professional employers’ organisation that wishes to have its representativeness established in application of article L. 2152-1 in several professional branches shall submit a declaration of candidacy for each of the branches in which it is a candidate. By way of derogation from the previous paragraph, in the branches covering exclusively the agricultural activities mentioned in 1° to 4° of article L. 722-1 of the rural and maritime fishing code…

The declaration of candidacy of a professional employers’ organisation wishing to have its representativeness established at the level of the professional sector pursuant to article L. 2152-1 must be accompanied by the following documents 1° Certificates from the statutory auditor(s) as defined in article R. 2152-6 and IV of article R. 2152-8. These certificates are accompanied by the summary sheet mentioned in article R. 2152-6 ; 2° A copy of…

The declaration of candidacy of a professional employers’ organisation wishing to have its representativeness established at national and multi-professional level pursuant to article L. 2152-2 must be accompanied by: 1° A copy of its articles of association and of the receipt for filing them; 2° The information and documents proving that it meets the criteria mentioned in 2°, 3° and 5° of article L. 2151-1 and in 4° of article…

The following must be attached to the declaration of candidacy of a professional employers’ organisation wishing to have its representativeness established at national and cross-industry level pursuant to article L. 2152-4: 1° The certificates of the statutory auditor(s) defined in article R. 2152-6 and in IV of article R. 2152-9 if the organisation(s) mentioned in II of article R. 2152-9 are not candidates for representativeness. These certificates are accompanied by…

The professional employers’ organisation shall indicate in the declaration of candidacy, where applicable, the professional employers’ organisation(s) to which it itself belongs. Where a professional employers’ organisation is a member of more than one professional employers’ organisation with a statutory vocation to be present at national and cross-industry level, it shall indicate the breakdown adopted pursuant to the last paragraph of article L. 2152-4.