Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Obstructing either the setting up of a social and economic committee, an establishment social and economic committee or a central social and economic committee, or the free appointment of their members, in particular by disregarding the provisions of articles L. 2314-1 to L. 2314-9, is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of €7,500. Obstructing their regular operation is punishable by a fine of €7,500.

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 2312-19, the failure, in a company with at least three hundred employees or in a separate establishment with at least three hundred employees, to draw up and submit annually to the social and economic committee the company or establishment social balance sheet as provided for in Article L. 2312-14 is punishable by a fine of €7,500.