Section 1: Composition and operation of the central social and economic committee

Unless there is an agreement between the employer and all the representative trade union organisations, the number of members of the central social and economic committee may not exceed twenty-five full members and twenty-five alternate members. Unless stipulated otherwise in the agreement referred to in the first paragraph and within the limits set in that paragraph, each establishment may be represented on the Central Social and Economic Committee either by…

The Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment at the location of the company’s head office is responsible for allocating the seats between the different establishments and the different categories as provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 2316-8. The Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment takes his decision within two months of the referral. This decision is notified by registered letter with…

The secretary, deputy secretary and treasurer of the Central Social and Economic Committee are appointed from among its full members.

For the assessment of the thresholds mentioned in article L. 2315-57 and in sub-section 9 of section 3 of chapter V of title I of book III of the second part of the present code, the resources for a given year of the central social and economic committee are equal to the sum of the resources paid by the establishment social and economic committees and the resources that this committee…

The documents mentioned in articles L. 2315-70 and L. 2315-71 are sent to the central social and economic committee at least eight days before the meeting.

The following costs are borne by the central social and economic committee out of the sums paid by the works councils for its operation: 1° The cost of certifying the annual accounts; 2° The cost of the expert’s presentation of the accounts.

The agreement between the works council and the central works council referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2316-23 includes in particular: 1° The description of the activity or activities whose management is transferred to the central social and economic committee; 2° The financing of the transfer for each year of execution of the agreement; 3° If applicable, the list of goods, material and human resources made available…

Videoconference meetings of the central social and economic committee on the basis of Article L. 2316-16 are held under the conditions set out in Articles R. 2315-1 et seq.