Subsection 6: Approval of sectoral collective agreements

The provisions of a collective agreement for the sector, together with its amendments or appendices, may be made binding on all the platforms and their employees included within its scope, by a decision of approval taken by the Employment Platforms Labour Relations Authority. In order to be approved, the agreement, its amendments or annexes must not have been the subject, within a period of one month from the publication by…

The procedure for approval of a sectoral agreement is initiated by the Employment Platforms Social Relations Authority, at the request of one of the organisations mentioned in Articles L. 7343-4 and L. 7343-24. Upon receipt of this request, the Employment Platforms Labour Relations Authority shall initiate the approval procedure without delay. The Competition Authority referred to inArticle L. 461-1 of the French Commercial Code may be consulted under the conditions…

The Labour Relations Authority for Employment Platforms shall exclude from approval any clauses that appear to be in contradiction with legal provisions. It may also refuse to approve an agreement on grounds of general interest, in particular on the grounds of excessive interference with free competition. It may also exclude clauses that can be severed from the agreement without altering its structure, but which do not correspond to the situation…

The approval decision is made public in accordance with procedures laid down by decree.

The decision to approve a sector agreement lapses on the date on which the agreement in question ceases to have effect.