In the absence of an agreement or arrangement mentioned in article L. 3142-26, the employee shall inform the employer by any means giving a date certain, at least one month before the start of the leave for close carers of his wish to suspend his employment contract for this reason, and, where applicable, of his request for the leave to be split up or converted to part-time and the date of his departure on leave.
The request must be accompanied by the documents mentioned in article D. 3142-8.