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Article R3163-3 of the French Labour Code

In the bakery and pastry-making sectors, night work for young workers may be authorised before 6 a.m. and, at the earliest, from 4 a.m. to enable young workers to take part in a complete bread or pastry-making cycle.
Only establishments where not all phases of bread or pastry production are carried out between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. may benefit from this derogation.

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Article R3163-3


Dans les secteurs de la boulangerie et de la pâtisserie, le travail de nuit des jeunes travailleurs peut être autorisé avant six heures et, au plus tôt, à partir de quatre heures pour permettre aux jeunes travailleurs de participer à un cycle complet de fabrication du pain ou de la pâtisserie.
Seuls les établissements où toutes les phases de la fabrication de pain ou de pâtisseries ne sont pas assurées entre six heures et vingt-deux heures peuvent bénéficier de cette dérogation.

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