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French Labour Code

French Labour Code
- Legislative part
- Regulatory part
  - Part One: Individual employment relations
    
    Book I: Preliminary provisions
    
    Title I: Scope and calculation of workforce thresholds
    
    Single chapter
    Article R1111-1
    
    Title II: Rights and freedoms in the workplace
    
    Title III: Discrimination
    
    Title IV: Gender equality in the workplace
    
    Chapter I: Scope of application
    
    Chapter II: General provisions
    Article R1142-1
    
    Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies
    Article D1142-2Article D1142-2-1Article D1142-3Article D1142-4Article D1142-5
    
    Appendices
    Article Annexe IArticle Annexe II
    
    Chapter III: Professional equality plan and contract
    
    Section 1: Study agreement
    Article R1143-1Article D1143-2Article D1143-3Article D1143-4Article D1143-5
    
    Section 2: Professional equality plan
    Article D1143-6
    
    Section 3: Contract for mixed employment and professional equality between women and men
    
    Subsection 1: Conclusion and purpose of the contract
    Article D1143-7Article D1143-8Article D1143-9Article D1143-10Article D1143-11
    
    Subsection 2: State financial assistance
    Article D1143-12Article D1143-13Article D1143-14Article D1143-15
    
    Subsection 3: Monitoring and evaluation
    Article D1143-16Article D1143-17Article D1143-18
    
    Chapter IV: Legal proceedings
    
    Chapter VI: Criminal provisions
    
    Title V: Harassment
    
    Single chapter: General provisions
    Article D1151-1
    
    Title VI: Corruption
    
    Book II: Employment contracts
    
    Title I: Scope of application
    
    Title II: Formation and performance of the employment contract
    
    Chapter I: Formation of employment contracts
    
    Section 1: Pre-employment declaration
    
    Subsection 1: Mandatory information and scope of the declaration
    Article R1221-1Article R1221-2
    
    Subsection 2: Recipient organisation
    Article R1221-3Article R1221-4
    
    Subsection 3: Transmission
    Article R1221-5Article R1221-6
    
    Subsection 4: Proof of pre-employment declaration
    Article R1221-7Article R1221-8
    
    Subsection 5: Documents to be given to the employee
    Article R1221-9
    
    Subsection 6: Monitoring and administrative penalties
    Article R1221-12Article R1221-13
    
    Subsection 7: Obligations of the recipient organisation
    Article R1221-14Article R1221-15Article R1221-16Article R1221-17Article R1221-18
    
    Subsection 8: Obligation of dematerialisation
    Article D1221-18Article D1221-19
    
    Section 2: Single staff register
    Article D1221-23Article D1221-23-1Article D1221-24Article D1221-24-1Article D1221-25
    
    Section 3: Other formalities
    
    Subsection 1: Monthly statement of employment contracts
    Article D1221-28Article D1221-29Article D1221-30Article D1221-31
    
    Subsection 2: Other prior declarations
    Article R1221-32Article R1221-33
    
    Chapter II: Performance and modification of the employment contract
    Article D1222-1
    
    Chapter III: Formation and performance of certain types of contract
    
    Chapter IV: Transfer of the employment contract
    
    Chapter V: Maternity, paternity, adoption and bringing up children
    
    Section 1: Protection of pregnancy and maternity
    
    Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal
    Article R1225-1Article R1225-2Article R1225-3
    
    Subsection 2: Temporary changes of use
    Article R1225-4
    
    Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.
    Article D1225-4-1
    
    Subsection 4: Provisions specific to breastfeeding
    Article R1225-5Article R1225-6Article R1225-7
    
    Section 2: Paternity leave
    Article D1225-8Article D1225-8-1
    
    Section 3: Adoption leave
    Article R1225-9Article R1225-10Article R1225-11Article D1225-11-1
    
    Section 4: Child-rearing leave
    
    Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work
    Article R1225-12Article R1225-13
    
    Subsection 2: Parental presence leave
    Article R1225-14Article R1225-15Article D1225-16Article D1225-17
    
    Subsection 3: Resignation to raise a child
    Article R1225-18Article R1225-19
    
    Chapter VI: Illness, accident and medical unfitness
    
    Section 1: Absence due to illness or accident
    Article D1226-1Article D1226-2Article D1226-3Article D1226-4Article D1226-5
    
    Section 2: Accident at work or occupational disease
    Article R1226-9
    
    Chapter VII: Criminal provisions
    Article R1227-1Article R1227-2Article R1227-3Article R1227-4Article R1227-5
    
    Title III: Termination of open-ended employment contracts
    
    Chapter I: General provisions
    Article R1231-1
    
    Chapter II: Dismissal for personal reasons
    
    Section 1: Prior interview
    Article R1232-1Article R1232-2Article R1232-3
    
    Section 2: Employee adviser
    Article D1232-4Article D1232-5Article D1232-6Article D1232-7Article D1232-8
    
    Section 3: Notification of dismissal
    Article R1232-13
    
    Chapter III: Redundancies for economic reasons
    
    Section 1: Common provisions
    Article R1233-1Article D1233-2Article D1233-2-1Article R1233-2-2
    
    Section 2: Dismissal of fewer than ten employees within a thirty-day period
    Article D1233-3
    
    Section 3: Dismissal of ten or more employees within a thirty-day period
    
    Subsection 1: Information-consultation
    Article R1233-3-1Article R1233-3-2Article R1233-3-3
    
    Subsection 2: Competent administrative authority
    Article R*1233-3-4Article R1233-3-5
    
    Subsection 3: Informing the administrative authority
    Article D1233-4Article D1233-5Article R1233-6Article R1233-7Article R1233-9
    
    Subsection 4: Action by the administrative authority
    Article D1233-11Article D1233-12
    
    Subsection 5: Procedure for validating or approving the employment safeguard plan
    Article D1233-14Article D1233-14-1Article D1233-14-2Article D1233-14-3Article D1233-14-4
    
    Section 4: Obligation to find a buyer in the event of the planned closure of an establishment
    
    Subsection 1: Definitions
    Article R1233-15
    
    Subsection 2: Information for the administrative authority and local authorities
    Article R1233-15-1
    
    Subsection 3: End of the research period
    Article R1233-15-2
    
    Section 5: Social and territorial support for redundancy procedures
    
    Subsection 1: Reclassification leave
    
    Paragraph 1: Proposal for redeployment leave
    Article R1233-17Article R1233-18Article R1233-19Article R1233-20Article R1233-21
    
    Paragraph 2: Implementation of redeployment leave
    Article R1233-22Article R1233-23Article R1233-24Article R1233-25Article R1233-26
    
    Subsection 2: Revitalisation of employment areas
    
    Paragraph 1: Revitalisation by companies subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave
    Article D1233-37Article D1233-38Article D1233-39Article D1233-40Article D1233-41
    
    Paragraph 2: Revitalisation by companies not subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave
    Article D1233-45Article D1233-46Article D1233-47Article D1233-48
    
    Paragraph 3: National framework revitalisation agreement
    Article D1233-48-1Article D1233-48-2Article D1233-48-3
    
    Subsection 3: Job security contract
    Article D1233-49Article D1233-50Article D1233-51
    
    Chapter IV: Consequences of dismissal
    
    Section 1: Redundancy pay
    Article R1234-1Article R1234-2Article R1234-4Article R1234-5
    
    Section 2: Documents provided by the employer
    Article R1234-5-1
    
    Subsection 1: Employment certificate
    Article D1234-6
    
    Subsection 2: Receipt in full and final settlement of accounts
    Article D1234-7Article D1234-8
    
    Subsection 3: Unemployment insurance certificate
    Article R1234-9Article R1234-10Article R1234-11Article R1234-12
    
    Chapter V: Disputes and penalties for irregularities in dismissal
    
    Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit
    Article R1235-1Article R1235-2Article R1235-3Article R1235-4Article R1235-5
    
    Section 2: Legal action by trade unions in the event of redundancies
    Article D1235-18Article D1235-19Article D1235-20
    
    Section 3: Lump-sum compensation in the event of a conciliation agreement.
    Article D1235-21
    
    Section 4: Indicative benchmark for compensation in the absence of conciliation
    
    Chapter VI: Breach of certain types of contract
    
    Chapter VII: Other cases of termination
    
    Section 1: Retirement
    Article D1237-1Article D1237-2Article D1237-2-1Article D1237-2-2Article D1237-2-3
    
    Section 2: Termination by agreement
    Article R1237-3Article D1237-3-1
    
    Section 3: Termination by mutual agreement under a collective agreement
    
    Subsection 1: Mobility leave
    Article D1237-4Article D1237-5
    
    Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement
    Article R*1237-6Article R1237-6-1Article D1237-7Article D1237-8Article D1237-9
    
    Section 4: Resignation
    Article R1237-13
    
    Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions
    Article R1238-1Article R1238-2Article R1238-3Article R1238-5Article R1238-6
    
    Title IV: Fixed-term employment contract
    
    Chapter I: Scope of application
    
    Chapter II: Conclusion and performance of the contract
    
    Section 1: Conditions of appeal
    
    Subsection 1: Appeals
    Article D1242-1Article D1242-2Article D1242-3
    
    Subsection 2: Prohibitions
    Article D1242-4Article D1242-5
    
    Section 2: Duration of the contract
    Article D1242-6Article D1242-7
    
    Chapter III: Early termination, expiry of the term and renewal of the contract
    
    Single section: Early termination of contract
    Article D1243-1
    
    Chapter IV: Succession of contracts
    
    Chapter V: Reclassification of the contract
    Article R1245-1
    
    Chapter VI: Special control rules
    
    Chapter VII: Legal proceedings
    Article D1247-1Article D1247-2
    
    Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions
    
    Title V: Temporary employment contracts, other secondment contracts and freelance administration
    
    Chapter I: Employment contract concluded with a temporary employment agency
    
    Section 1: Conditions of appeal
    
    Subsection 1: Appeals
    Article D1251-1
    
    Subsection 2: Prohibitions
    Article D1251-2
    
    Section 2: Engagement contract
    Article D1251-3
    
    Section 3: Secondment contract and temporary employment agency
    
    Single subsection: Temporary employment agencies
    
    Paragraph 1: Control rules
    Article R1251-4Article R1251-5Article R1251-6Article R1251-7Article R1251-8
    
    Paragraph 2: Financial guarantee and default by the temporary employment agency
    
    Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions
    Article R1251-11Article R1251-12Article R1251-13Article R1251-14Article R1251-15
    
    Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for the different types of guarantee
    Article R1251-17Article R1251-18Article R1251-19
    
    Sub-paragraph 3: Implementation of the guarantee
    Article R1251-20Article R1251-21Article R1251-22Article R1251-23Article R1251-24
    
    Sub-paragraph 4: Substitution of the user undertaking in the event of default by the temporary employment undertaking
    Article R1251-25Article R1251-26Article R1251-27Article R1251-28Article R1251-29
    
    Section 4: Legal proceedings
    Article D1251-32Article D1251-33
    
    Chapter II: Contract concluded with a timeshare company
    
    Chapter III: Contracts concluded with an employers' group
    
    Section 1: Groups of employers falling within the scope of the same collective agreement
    Article D1253-1Article D1253-2Article D1253-3
    
    Section 2: Groups of employers not falling within the scope of the same collective agreement
    
    Subsection 1: Declaration
    Article D1253-4Article D1253-5Article D1253-6
    
    Subsection 2: Opposition
    Article D1253-7Article D1253-8Article D1253-9Article D1253-10Article D1253-11
    
    Subsection 3: Administrative appeal
    Article R1253-12Article R1253-13
    
    Section 3 : Employers' group for the replacement of farm managers or managers of craft, industrial or commercial businesses or natural persons exercising a liberal profession
    
    Subsection 1: Purpose and membership
    Article R1253-14Article R1253-15Article R1253-16Article R1253-17Article R1253-18
    
    Subsection 2: Approval
    
    Paragraph 1: Application for approval
    Article R1253-19Article R1253-20
    
    Paragraph 2: Issue of approval
    Article R1253-21Article R1253-22Article R1253-23Article R1253-24Article R1253-25
    
    Paragraph 3: Withdrawal of approval
    Article R1253-27Article R1253-28Article R1253-29
    
    Paragraph 4: Recourse through the hierarchy
    Article R1253-30Article R1253-31Article R1253-32Article R1253-33
    
    Subsection 3: Employment contracts
    Article R1253-34
    
    Section 4: Employers' groups formed within an existing cooperative society or interprofessional outpatient care company
    
    Subsection 1: Constitution
    Article R1253-35Article R1253-36Article R1253-37
    
    Subsection 2: Employment and working conditions
    Article R1253-38Article R1253-39Article R1253-40Article R1253-41Article R1253-42
    
    Section 5: Employers' group made up of private-sector members and local authorities
    Article R1253-43Article R1253-44
    
    Section 6: Employers' groups for integration and qualification
    Article D1253-45Article D1253-46Article D1253-47Article D1253-48Article D1253-49
    
    Section 7: Access by employers' groups to public aid for employment and vocational training for member companies
    Article D1253-50Article D1253-51Article D1253-52
    
    Chapter IV: Portage salarial
    Article D1254-1Article R1254-2Article R1254-3Article R1254-4Article R1254-5
    
    Chapter V: Criminal provisions
    
    Section 1: Temporary work
    Article R1255-1Article R1255-2Article R1255-3Article R1255-4Article R1255-5
    
    Section 2: Employers' groups
    Article R1255-8Article R1255-9
    
    Title VI: Employees temporarily seconded by a company not established in France
    
    Chapter I: General provisions
    Article R1261-1Article R1261-2
    
    Chapter II: Conditions of secondment and applicable regulations
    
    Section 1: Illness and accident
    Article R1262-1Article R1262-2
    
    Section 2: Right of expression
    Article R1262-3
    
    Section 3: Working hours, rest periods and holidays
    Article R1262-4Article R1262-6
    
    Section 4: Salary
    Article R1262-7Article R1262-8
    
    Section 5: Occupational health
    Article R1262-9Article R1262-10Article R1262-11Article R1262-12Article R1262-13
    
    Section 6: Temporary work
    Article R1262-16Article R1262-17Article R1262-18
    
    Section 7: Secondment of more than twelve months
    Article R1262-18-1
    
    Section 8: Miscellaneous provisions
    Article R1262-19
    
    Chapter III: Control
    
    Section 1: Common provisions
    Article R1263-1Article R1263-1-1Article R1263-2Article R1263-2-1
    
    Section 2: Declaration of posting
    Article R1263-3Article R1263-4Article R1263-4-1Article R1263-5
    
    Section 3: Declaration specific to temporary employment agencies
    Article R1263-6Article R1263-6-1Article R1263-7Article R1263-8Article R1263-9
    
    Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers
    Article R1263-10Article R1263-11Article R1263-11-1Article R1263-11-2Article R1263-11-3
    
    Section 5: Due diligence on the part of project owners and principals
    Article R1263-12Article R1263-12-1Article R1263-13Article R1263-14
    
    Section 6: Obligations and financial responsibility of project owners and principals
    Article R1263-15Article R1263-16Article R1263-17Article R1263-18Article R1263-19
    
    Chapter IV: Criminal provisions
    Article R1264-3
    
    Chapter V: Legal proceedings
    Article D1265-1
    
    Title VII: Simplified work cheques and vouchers
    
    Chapter I: Chèque emploi-service universel
    
    Section 1: Purpose and implementation arrangements
    Article D1271-1Article D1271-2Article D1271-3Article D1271-4Article D1271-5
    
    Section 2: Special payment vouchers
    
    Subsection 1: Issue
    Article D1271-6Article D1271-7
    
    Subsection 2: Authorisation
    Article R1271-8Article R1271-9Article R1271-10Article R1271-11Article R1271-12
    
    Section 3: Other financial provisions
    Article D1271-28Article D1271-29Article D1271-30Article D1271-31Article R1271-32
    
    Chapter II: Association employment vouchers and company service vouchers
    Article D1272-1Article D1272-2Article D1272-3Article D1272-4Article D1272-5
    
    Chapter IV: Employers not established in France
    Article D1273-9
    
    Book III: Internal regulations and disciplinary law
    
    Title I: Scope of application
    
    Title II: Internal regulations
    
    Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity
    Article R1321-1Article R1321-2Article R1321-3Article R1321-4Article R1321-5
    
    Chapter II: Administrative and judicial control
    Article R1322-1
    
    Chapter III: Criminal provisions
    Article R1323-1
    
    Title III: Disciplinary law
    
    Chapter I: Disciplinary measures
    
    Chapter II: Disciplinary procedure
    
    Section 1: Procedural safeguards
    Article R1332-1Article R1332-2Article R1332-3
    
    Section 2: Limitation period for wrongful acts
    Article R1332-4
    
    Chapter III: Judicial review
    
    Chapter IV: Criminal provisions
    
    Book IV: Dispute resolution - The industrial tribunal
    
    Title I: Powers of the industrial tribunal
    
    Chapter I: Jurisdiction over subject matter
    
    Chapter II: Territorial jurisdiction
    Article R1412-1Article R1412-2Article R1412-3Article R1412-4Article R1412-5
    
    Title II: Establishment, organisation and operation
    
    Chapter I: General provisions
    
    Chapter II: Establishment
    Article R1422-1Article R1422-2Article R1422-3Article R1422-4
    
    Chapter III: Organisation and operation
    
    Section 1: Sections
    
    Subsection 1: Composition
    Article R1423-1Article R1423-2Article R1423-3
    
    Subsection 2: Allocation between sections
    Article R1423-4Article R1423-5Article R1423-6Article R1423-7
    
    Section 2: Chambers
    Article R1423-8Article R1423-9Article R1423-10
    
    Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman
    Article R1423-11Article R1423-12Article R1423-13Article R1423-14Article R1423-15
    
    Section 4: Organisation and operation
    
    Subsection 1: General Meetings
    Article R1423-23Article R1423-24
    
    Subsection 2: Internal regulations
    Article R1423-25Article R1423-26Article R1423-27Article R1423-28Article R1423-29
    
    Subsection 3: Court administration and inspection
    Article R1423-30Article R1423-31
    
    Section 5: Difficulties in formation and operation
    Article R1423-32Article R1423-33
    
    Section 6: Conciliation and Referral Office, Judgement Office and Summary Jurisdiction Division
    Article R1423-34Article R1423-35
    
    Section 7: Registry
    
    Subsection 1: Organisation and operation
    Article R1423-36Article R1423-37Article R1423-38Article R1423-39Article R1423-40
    
    Subsection 2: One-stop service for litigants
    Article R1423-50-1
    
    Section 8: Expenses of the industrial tribunal
    
    Subsection 1: Staff and operating expenses
    Article R1423-51Article R1423-52
    
    Subsection 2: Bailiffs
    Article R1423-53
    
    Subsection 3: Witnesses
    Article R1423-54
    
    Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members
    Article R1423-55Article D1423-56Article D1423-57Article D1423-58Article D1423-59
    
    Subsection 5: Chairmen and vice-chairmen
    Article D1423-71Article D1423-72Article D1423-73Article D1423-74Article D1423-75
    
    Title III: Conseil supérieur de la prud'homie (High Council of the Industrial Tribunal)
    
    Single chapter
    
    Section 1: Missions
    Article R1431-1Article R1431-2Article R1431-3Article R1431-3-1
    
    Section 2: Composition
    Article R1431-4Article R1431-5Article R1431-6Article R1431-7Article R1431-8
    
    Section 3: Organisation and operation
    Article R1431-9Article R1431-10Article R1431-11Article R1431-12Article R1431-13
    
    Title IV: Industrial tribunal members
    
    Chapter I: Appointment of industrial tribunal members
    
    Section 1: General provisions
    Article R1441-1
    
    Section 2: Determination of seats
    
    Subsection 1: Common provisions
    Article R1441-2
    
    Subsection 2: College of employees
    Article R1441-3Article R1441-4Article R1441-5Article R1441-6Article R1441-7
    
    Subsection 3: Employers' College
    Article R1441-8Article R1441-9Article R1441-10Article R1441-11Article R1441-12
    
    Section 3: Applications
    
    Subsection 1: General provisions
    Article R1441-13
    
    Subsection 2: Candidacy requirements
    Article R1441-14Article R1441-15Article R1441-16Article R1441-17
    
    Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications
    Article R1441-18Article R1441-19Article R1441-20Article R1441-21Article R1441-22
    
    Subsection 4: Admissibility of lists of candidates and individual applications
    Article R1441-23Article R1441-24Article D1441-24-1Article D1441-24-2Article D1441-24-3
    
    Section 4: Additional designations
    Article R1441-25Article R1441-26
    
    Chapter II: Status of industrial tribunal members
    
    Section 1: Training
    Article D1442-1Article R1442-2Article D1442-3
    
    Subsection 1: Continuing training
    Article D1442-4Article D1442-5Article D1442-6Article D1442-7Article D1442-8
    
    Subsection 2: Initial training
    Article D1442-10-1Article D1442-10-2Article D1442-10-3Article D1442-10-4Article D1442-10-5
    
    Section 2: Exercise of the mandate
    
    Subsection 1: Installation
    Article D1442-11Article D1442-12Article D1442-13Article D1442-14
    
    Subsection 2: End of mandate
    Article D1442-16Article D1442-17Article D1442-18Article D1442-19
    
    Section 3: Discipline and protection
    
    Subsection 1: Resignation for refusal of service
    Article D1442-20
    
    Subsection 2: The National Disciplinary Commission
    Article R1442-21Article R1442-22Article R1442-22-1Article R1442-22-2Article R1442-22-3
    
    Subsection 3: Disciplinary proceedings
    Article R1442-22-8Article R1442-22-9Article R1442-22-10Article R1442-22-11Article R1442-22-12
    
    Subsection 4: Taking sides
    Article D1442-23Article D1442-24
    
    Section 4: Medals and honours
    Article D1442-25Article D1442-26Article D1442-27Article D1442-28
    
    Title V: Proceedings before the industrial tribunal
    
    Chapter I: General provisions
    Article R1451-1Article R1451-2Article R1451-3
    
    Chapter II: Referral to the industrial tribunal
    Article R1452-1Article R1452-2Article R1452-3Article R1452-4Article R1452-5
    
    Chapter III: Assistance and representation of the parties
    Article R1453-1Article R1453-2Article D1453-2-1Article D1453-2-2Article D1453-2-3
    
    Chapter IV: Conciliation and judgement
    
    Section 1: Preparation of the case
    Article R1454-1Article R1454-2Article R1454-3Article R1454-4Article R1454-5
    
    Section 2: Conciliation and referral
    Article R1454-7Article R1454-8Article R1454-9Article R1454-10Article R1454-11
    
    Section 3: Judgement
    Article R1454-19Article R1454-19-1Article R1454-19-2Article R1454-19-3Article R1454-19-4
    
    Section 4: Tie-breaking
    Article R1454-29Article R1454-30Article R1454-31Article R1454-32
    
    Chapter V: Summary proceedings
    
    Section 1: Composition and organisation of the Referee Panel
    Article R1455-1Article R1455-2Article R1455-3Article R1455-4
    
    Section 2: Jurisdiction of the summary proceedings panel
    Article R1455-5Article R1455-6Article R1455-7Article R1455-8
    
    Section 3: Summary proceedings
    Article R1455-9Article R1455-10Article R1455-11
    
    Section 4: Procedural appeals
    
    Chapter Va: Accelerated substantive procedure
    Article R1455-12
    
    Chapter VI: Disputes concerning redundancies for economic reasons
    Article R1456-1Article R1456-2Article R1456-3Article R1456-4Article R1456-5
    
    Chapter VII: Challenge
    Article R1457-1Article R1457-2
    
    Title VI: Appeals
    
    Chapter I: Appeals
    Article R1461-1Article R1461-2
    
    Chapter II: Appeals to the Court of Cassation
    Article R1462-1Article R1462-2Article D1462-3
    
    Chapter III: Opposition and third-party opposition
    Article R1463-1
    
    Title VII: Amicable settlement of disputes
    Article R1471-1Article R1471-2
    
    Appendix
    Article Annexe à l'article R1422-4
    
    Book V: Overseas provisions
    
    Title I: General provisions
    
    Title II: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
    
    Chapter I: General provisions
    Article R1521-1
    
    Chapter III: The industrial tribunal
    Article R1523-1Article R1523-2Article R1523-3Article R1523-4Article R1523-5
    
    Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte
    Article R1524-1Article R1524-2Article R1524-3Article R1524-4Article R1524-5
    
    Title III: Coordination measures with other ultra-marine local authorities
  - Part Two: Collective labour relations
    
    Book I: Trade unions
    
    Title I: Scope of application
    
    Title II: Trade union representation
    
    Chapter I: Representativeness criteria
    Article R2121-1Article R2121-2
    
    Chapter II: Representative trade unions
    
    Section 1: High Council for Social Dialogue.
    Article R*2122-1Article R*2122-2Article R*2122-3Article R*2122-4Article R*2122-5
    
    Section 2: Collation of trade union election results
    Article D2122-6
    
    Section 3: Trade union audience measurement for companies with fewer than eleven employees
    
    Subsection 1: Electorate
    Article R2122-8Article R2122-9Article R2122-10Article R2122-11
    
    Subsection 2: Establishment of the electoral roll
    
    Paragraph 1: Data processing
    Article R2122-12Article R2122-13Article R2122-14Article R2122-15Article R2122-15-1
    
    Paragraph 2: Entry on the list
    Article R2122-18Article R2122-19Article R2122-20
    
    Subsection 3: Disputes relating to registration on electoral rolls
    
    Paragraph 1: Informal appeals
    Article R2122-21Article R2122-22Article R2122-23Article R2122-24Article R2122-25
    
    Paragraph 2: Contentious appeals
    Article R2122-26Article R2122-27Article R2122-28Article R2122-29Article R2122-30
    
    Subsection 4: Candidatures of employee trade union organisations
    Article R2122-33Article R2122-34Article R2122-35Article R2122-36Article R2122-37
    
    Subsection 5: Voting
    
    Paragraph 1: Voting Operations Commission
    
    Sub-paragraph 1: National Commission for Voting Operations
    Article R2122-43Article R2122-44Article R2122-45
    
    Sub-paragraph 2: Regional Voting Commission
    Article R2122-46Article R2122-47Article R2122-48
    
    Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions common to the National Commission for Voting Operations and the Regional Commissions for Voting Operations
    Article R2122-48-1Article R2122-48-2Article R2122-48-3Article R2122-48-4Article R2122-48-5
    
    Paragraph 2: Election documents
    Article R2122-49Article R2122-50Article R2122-51Article R2122-52Article R2122-52-1
    
    Subsection 6: Voting procedures
    
    Paragraph 1: Common provisions
    Article R2122-53Article R2122-54Article R2122-55
    
    Paragraph 2: Polling station
    Article R2122-56Article R2122-57Article R2122-58Article R2122-59Article R2122-60
    
    Paragraph 3: Remote electronic voting
    Article R2122-61Article R2122-62Article R2122-63Article R2122-64Article R2122-65
    
    Paragraph 4: Postal voting
    Article R2122-72Article R2122-73Article R2122-74Article R2122-75Article R2122-76
    
    Subsection 7: Counting of votes
    
    Paragraph 1: Counting of remote electronic votes
    Article R2122-78Article R2122-79
    
    Paragraph 2: Counting of postal votes
    Article R2122-80Article R2122-81Article R2122-82Article R2122-83Article R2122-84
    
    Paragraph 3: Centralisation and declaration of results
    Article R2122-91Article R2122-92
    
    Subsection 8: Disputes relating to the conduct of electoral operations
    Article R2122-93Article R2122-94Article R2122-95Article R2122-96Article R2122-97
    
    Section 4: Appeal procedures
    Article R2122-99
    
    Title III: Legal status
    
    Chapter I: Purpose and constitution
    Article R2131-1
    
    Chapter II: Civil capacity
    
    Chapter III: Unions of trade unions
    
    Chapter IV: Trade union trademarks
    
    Chapter V: Resources and means
    
    Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional employers' organisations
    Article D2135-1Article D2135-2Article D2135-3Article D2135-4Article D2135-5

Article L2352-4 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

Where a European Company is formed by means of a merger and at least one participating company loses its own legal existence and is not directly represented by a member of the special negotiating body, the latter shall include, in addition to the seats allocated in accordance with article L. 2352-3, one or more additional seats. However, regardless of the number of companies involved, the number of additional members may…

Article L2352-5 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

The members of the special negotiating body are appointed by the employee trade union organisations from among their elected representatives on the social and economic committees or their trade union representatives, on the basis of the results of the most recent elections. The same applies to the employee representatives of the participating companies, subsidiaries or establishments concerned located in France and belonging to a European Company located in a State…

Article L2352-6 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

Where there is no trade union organisation in the European Company whose registered office is in France, employee representatives on the special negotiating body are elected directly in accordance with the rules applicable to the social and economic committee. The same applies when there is no trade union organisation in the establishment or company based in France and belonging to a European Company.

Article L2352-7 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

If substantial changes occur during the negotiations, in particular a transfer of seat, a change in the composition of the European Company or a change in the workforce likely to lead to a change in the distribution of seats of one or more Member States within the special negotiating body, the composition of the latter shall be modified accordingly.

Article L2352-8 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

Disputes relating to the appointment of the members of the special negotiating body and the employee representatives on the committee of the European Company whose registered office is in France, as well as the employees of the participating companies, establishments or subsidiaries located in France, shall be brought before the courts.

Article L2352-9 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

The managers of the companies participating in the formation of the European Company shall invite the special negotiating body to meet and to this end shall inform the staff representatives and the managers of the establishments and subsidiaries concerned, who in the absence of staff representatives shall inform the employees directly, of the identity of the participating companies and the number of employees they comprise. Negotiations begin as soon as…

Article L2352-10 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

Time spent in meetings by members of the Special Negotiating Body is considered as working time and paid at the normal rate.

Article L2352-11 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

The expenses necessary for the proper performance of the task of the special negotiating body shall be borne by the participating companies.

Article L2352-12 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

In order to negotiate, the special negotiating body may be assisted by experts of its choice at any level it deems appropriate. These experts participate in the meetings of the group in an advisory capacity. All participating companies shall bear the expenses relating to the negotiations and the assistance of a single expert.

Article L2352-13 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

The special negotiating body takes its decisions by an absolute majority of its members, which must also represent an absolute majority of the employees of the participating companies, subsidiaries and establishments concerned. By way of derogation from these provisions, the decision not to open negotiations or to close negotiations already opened and to apply the rules on information and consultation in the Member States where the European Company has employees,…

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