For the application of articles L. 2152-1 and L. 2152-4, companies are considered to be members, whether or not they employ salaried staff, if they pay a membership fee, in accordance with the rules laid down by a decision of the competent body of the professional employers’ organisation to which they belong or of a statutory regional structure of this organisation, and in accordance with procedures ensuring that they are informed of the organisation to which the membership fee is paid.
Where applicable, a company may become a member through its establishments, provided that the head of the establishment has been delegated authority by the head of the company to become a member of a professional employers’ organisation and that he pays a contribution in accordance with the conditions set out in the previous paragraph. In this case, only the workforce of the establishment in question is taken into account.
When, in application of the preceding paragraph, several establishments of a company belong to the same professional employers’ organisation or to the same statutory territorial structure of a professional employers’ organisation, only one membership of this organisation or structure is taken into account in respect of this company.
These provisions apply subject to the last paragraph of Article L. 2152-1.
For the liberal professions defined in Article 29 of Law 2012-387 of 22 March 2012 on vocational training, employment and social democracy, in the case of an association between professionals, each partner who participates in the exercise of the liberal activity and who is a member of a professional employers’ organisation under the conditions of this section is taken into account as a member company.
For the companies and businesses mentioned in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 2152-1, constituted in the form of a group of employers or a company, each member of the group or partner who participates in the activity of the company or business and who is a member of a professional employers’ organisation under the conditions of this section is taken into account as a member company.