Section 3: Applications

The declaration of candidacies results from the filing of a list of candidates for each industrial tribunal by the representatives of the organisations to which seats have been allocated in application of article L. 1441-4. This list is submitted by electronic means under conditions determined by decree.

The list of candidates is composed alternately of one candidate of each gender.

No list may include more candidates than the number of posts allocated per section and industrial tribunal.

Declarations of candidacy that do not comply with the conditions set out in articles L. 1441-18 to L. 1441-20 on the closing date for the submission of candidacies may not be registered by the administrative authority.

The representative of the list notifies the employer of each employee candidate of the name of the employee from his company whom he intends to put forward on his list of candidates. This notification is made as from the opening date for the submission of candidatures.

The employer shall allow an employee of his company who has been appointed as a list representative in the context of the renewal of the industrial tribunal mandate the time required to carry out his duties. This time is treated as actual working time in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1442-6. The exercise of the functions of list representative by an employee may not be the cause of…