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Article L3122-18 of the French Labour Code

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention may, where justified by the specific characteristics of a sector’s activity, provide for the maximum weekly working time laid down in article L. 3122-7 to be exceeded, provided that this does not have the effect of increasing this time to more than forty-four hours over twelve consecutive weeks.

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Article L3122-18

Un accord d’entreprise ou d’établissement ou, à défaut, une convention ou un accord de branche peut, lorsque les caractéristiques propres à l’activité d’un secteur le justifient, prévoir le dépassement de la durée maximale hebdomadaire de travail prévue à l’article L. 3122-7, à condition que ce dépassement n’ait pas pour effet de porter cette durée à plus de quarante-quatre heures sur douze semaines consécutives.

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