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Article L2122-5 of the French Labour Code

In professional sectors, trade union organisations are representative if they :

1° Satisfy the criteria of Article L. 2121-1 ;

2° Have a balanced territorial coverage within the branch;

3° Have received at least 8% of the votes cast resulting from the addition at branch level, on the one hand, of the votes cast in the first round of the most recent elections of holders to the social and economic committees, whatever the number of voters, and, on the other hand, of the votes cast in the ballot concerning companies with fewer than eleven employees under the conditions provided for in articles L. 2122-10-1 et seq. The audience is measured every four years.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article L2122-5

Dans les branches professionnelles, sont représentatives les organisations syndicales qui :

1° Satisfont aux critères de l’article L. 2121-1 ;

2° Disposent d’une implantation territoriale équilibrée au sein de la branche ;

3° Ont recueilli au moins 8 % des suffrages exprimés résultant de l’addition au niveau de la branche, d’une part, des suffrages exprimés au premier tour des dernières élections des titulaires aux comités sociaux et économiques, quel que soit le nombre de votants, et, d’autre part, des suffrages exprimés au scrutin concernant les entreprises de moins de onze salariés dans les conditions prévues aux articles L. 2122-10-1 et suivants. La mesure de l’audience s’effectue tous les quatre ans.

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