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Article L3132-10 of the French Labour Code

In industrial establishments operating continuously, the weekly rest periods of employees assigned to continuous work may be deferred in part under the following conditions:

1° Each employee benefits, in a given work period, from a number of rests of twenty-four consecutive hours at least equal to the number of weeks included in this period;

2° Each employee is entitled to as much rest as possible on Sundays.

A decree of the Conseil d’Etat shall determine the conditions for the application of the weekly rest period to the employees concerned, the work to which this derogation applies and, for each of these jobs, the maximum duration of the working period referred to in 1°.

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Article L3132-10

Dans les établissements industriels fonctionnant en continu, les repos hebdomadaires des salariés affectés aux travaux en continu peuvent être en partie différés dans les conditions suivantes :

1° Chaque salarié bénéficie, dans une période de travail donnée, d’un nombre de repos de vingt-quatre heures consécutives au moins égal au nombre de semaines comprises dans cette période ;

2° Chaque salarié bénéficie le plus possible de repos le dimanche.

Un décret en Conseil d’Etat détermine les conditions d’application du repos hebdomadaire aux salariés intéressés, les travaux auxquels s’appliquent cette dérogation et pour chacun de ces travaux, la durée maximale de la période de travail mentionnée au 1°.

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