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Article L2261-26 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

When the amendments to an extended agreement only concern wages, they are subject to an accelerated examination procedure, the terms of which are defined by regulation after consultation of the National Commission for Collective Bargaining. This procedure must preserve the rights of third parties. When the inter-professional minimum growth wage has increased at least twice in application of articles L. 3231-5, L. 3231-6 to L. 3231-9 or L. 3231-10 during…

Article L2261-27 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

When the reasoned favourable opinion of the National Commission for Collective Bargaining, Employment and Vocational Training has been issued without the written and reasoned opposition of either two employers’ organisations or two employees’ organisations represented on this commission, the Minister for Labour may extend an agreement or convention or their addenda or annexes by decree: 1° When the text has not been signed by all of the most representative organisations…

Article L2261-27-1 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

The Minister responsible for labour, on his own initiative or at the written and reasoned request of an employers’ organisation or an employees’ organisation which is representative in the field of application of an agreement or their amendments, shall refer the matter to a group of experts responsible for assessing the economic and social effects likely to result from their extension. A decree shall determine the terms and conditions for…

Article L2261-28 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

The extension order for an agreement or arrangement lapses on the date on which the agreement or arrangement in question ceases to have effect.

Article L2261-29 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

The extension order becomes null and void from the date on which the extension order for the text in question ceases to have effect.

Article L2261-30 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

If an agreement is subsequently concluded in a territorial or professional sector which has been the subject of an extension order, the latter becomes null and void with regard to the employers bound by this agreement. The extension order repeals the extension order in the field of application for which the extension is pronounced.

Article L2261-31 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

The provisions of this sub-section do not apply to : 1° Agreements relating to unemployment insurance as provided for in article L. 5422-20; 2° Agreements concluded within the framework of a convention or an agreement on employee profit-sharing and which aim to determine the nature and management methods of the rights granted to employees who benefit from them.

Article L2261-32 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

I.-The Minister responsible for Labour may, in view of the general interest in restructuring professional branches, initiate a procedure to merge the scope of application of the collective agreements of a branch with that of a related branch with similar social and economic conditions: 1° When the branch has fewer than 5,000 employees; 2° Where the activity of the branch is characterised by a low number of agreements or endorsements…

Article L2261-33 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

In the event of a merger of the scope of application of several collective agreements in application of I of article L. 2261-32 or in the event of the conclusion of a collective agreement combining the scope of several existing agreements, the contractual stipulations applicable prior to the merger or combination, where they govern equivalent situations, are replaced by common stipulations, within a period of five years from the effective…

Article L2261-34 of the French Labour Code

November 7, 2023

Until such time as the representativeness of the professional employers’ organisations is measured following the merger of areas covered by collective bargaining agreements pronounced in application of I of article L. 2261-32 or the conclusion of a collective agreement combining the scope of several pre-existing agreements, the professional employers’ organisations that are representative in the scope of at least one branch pre-existing the merger or combination are entitled to negotiate….

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Article L2261-26 of the French Labour Code

Article L2261-27 of the French Labour Code

Article L2261-27-1 of the French Labour Code

Article L2261-28 of the French Labour Code

Article L2261-29 of the French Labour Code

Article L2261-30 of the French Labour Code

Article L2261-31 of the French Labour Code

Article L2261-32 of the French Labour Code

Article L2261-33 of the French Labour Code

Article L2261-34 of the French Labour Code

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