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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Restructuring of professional branches

Article L2261-33

…n stipulations, within a period of five years from the effective date of the merger or combination. During this period, the branch resulting from the grouping or merger may maintain several collective…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Public sector companies and establishments.

Article L2282-3

…framework for meetings of shop or office councils. These units must be small; 2° The frequency and duration of meetings; 3° The arrangements for involving management staff in the organisation of meet…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Relationship between company or establishment agreements and agreements covering a wider territorial or professional scope.

Article L2253-3

…ipulations of the company agreement concluded before or after the date of entry into force of the industry-wide agreement or the agreement covering a wider territorial or professional scope take prece…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Restructuring of professional branches

Article L2261-34

Until such time as the representativeness of the professional employers' organisations is measured following the merger of areas covered by collective bargaining agreements pronounced in application o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Restructuring of professional branches

Article L2261-32

…Labour may, in view of the general interest in restructuring professional branches, initiate a procedure to merge the scope of application of the collective agreements of a branch with that of a relat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2312-3

…s to exercise the powers provided for in section 3 if the number of employees has not reached fifty during the twelve months preceding the renewal of the body.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions.

Article L2281-3

Opinions expressed by employees, irrespective of their position in the professional hierarchy, in the exercise of their right of expression may not be used as grounds for sanction or dismissal.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Performance obligations.

Article L2262-3

An employer who resigns from the signatory organisation or grouping after the agreement has been signed remains bound by it.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article L2314-3

I.- The following attend the meetings provided for in the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 2315-27 in an advisory capacity on agenda items relating to health, safety and working conditions an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Balanced representation of women and men

Article L2314-30

For each electoral college, the lists referred to in article L. 2314-29 which include several candidates are made up of a number of women and men corresponding to the proportion of women and men regis…

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