Any company may apply a participation scheme concluded at branch level, provided that the branch agreement has been approved pursuant to article L. 3345-4.
Undertakings wishing to apply the approved branch agreement shall conclude an agreement to this effect under the conditions provided for in Article L. 3322-6.
Undertakings with fewer than fifty employees may opt to apply this scheme by means of a unilateral document signed by the employer, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 2232-10-1, if the branch agreement provides for this possibility and proposes, in the form of a standard agreement indicating the various choices left to the employer, specific stipulations for these undertakings.
The company agreement concluded or the unilateral adherence document signed is filed in accordance with the procedures laid down in article L. 3323-4.
Notwithstanding articles L. 3345-2 and L. 3345-3, the exemptions provided for in Chapter V of this Title are deemed to have been acquired as soon as the agreement or the document of adherence to the approved branch agreement is filed and for the duration of its application.