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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Trade union meetings.

Article L2142-11

Trade union meetings take place outside participants' working hours, with the exception of staff representatives who may meet during their delegation time.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mandate.

Article L2143-11

The trade union delegate's term of office ends no later than the first round of elections to the staff representative institution that renews the institution whose election recognised the representati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave

Article L2145-11

Leave for economic, social and environmental training and trade union training is granted as a matter of right, except where the employer considers, after obtaining the opinion of the social and econo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Equal opportunities for women and men in the workplace

Article L2241-11

The organisations bound by a branch agreement or, failing that, by professional agreements meet to negotiate every three years on measures to ensure professional equality between women and men and on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application.

Article L2232-11

This section sets out the conditions under which employees' right to negotiate at company and group level is exercised.Unless otherwise specified, the term "company agreement" refers to any agreement…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Denunciation by one of the signatory employers or employees.

Article L2261-11

Where the denunciation is made by only some of the signatory employers or signatory employees, it does not prevent the agreement from remaining in force between the other signatory parties. In this ca…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L2242-11

The agreement concluded at the end of the negotiations referred to in Article L. 2242-10 specifies :1° The topics for negotiation and their frequency, so that at least every four years the topics ment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings.

Article L2262-11

Organisations or groupings which have the capacity to bring legal proceedings and which are bound by an agreement or arrangement may bring in their own name any action seeking performance of the commi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for exercising general powers

Article L2312-11

The committee carries out its duties without prejudice to the provisions relating to trade union delegates and the collective expression of employees.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions.

Article L2281-11

In companies where no trade union delegate has been appointed or where an agreement on professional equality between men and women and the quality of life and working conditions has not been concluded…

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