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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Negotiation procedures.

Article L2232-17

The delegation from each of the representative organisations involved in negotiations in the company comprises the organisation's trade union delegate in the company or, where there is more than one d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions for negotiating agreements concluded in undertakings without a trade union delegate or works council

Article L2232-29

Negotiations between the employer and the members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee, with or without mandate, or the employees of the company with mandate, take place in com…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Group agreements.

Article L2232-32

The trade union organisations representing employees in each of the undertakings or establishments included within the scope of the agreement are informed in advance of the opening of negotiations wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company agreements

Article L2232-36

An agreement may be negotiated and concluded at the level of several companies between, on the one hand, the employers and, on the other hand, the representative trade union organisations at the level…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company agreements

Article L2232-37

The representativeness of the trade union organisations within the scope of this agreement is assessed in accordance with the rules defined in articles L. 2122-1 to L. 2122-3 relating to trade union r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Labour agreements concluded in the public sector.

Article L2233-2

In the companies and establishments mentioned in Article L. 2233-1, company agreements may supplement the provisions of the Articles of Association or determine the terms and conditions of their appli…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Ability to negotiate.

Article L2231-1

The agreement is concluded between : - on the one hand, one or more trade union organisations representing employees within the scope of the agreement ;- on the other hand, one or more employers' trad…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Cross-industry agreements.

Article L2232-4

Inter-professional agreements set up joint interpretation committees.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Branch agreements and professional agreements.

Article L2232-10

Branch or professional agreements set up joint observatories for collective bargaining. They lay down the procedures according to which, in the absence of a conventional stipulation on the same subjec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-14

In the event of a lack of participation in the first round of professional elections, where the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 2143-23 are applied, the validity of the company or esta…

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