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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Determining the topics, timetable and method of negotiation

Article L2222-3

…le IV of Book II of Part Two of this Code, the collective labour agreement or arrangement defines : 1° The timetable for negotiations ; 2° The procedures for taking into account, in the branch or comp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint local committees.

Article L2234-2

The joint committees : 1° Contribute to the drafting and application of collective labour agreements and negotiate and conclude agreements of local interest, particularly in the areas of employment an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employer representation at professional branch level

Article L2152-1

In the professional branches, the professional employers' organisations are representative:1° which meet the criteria mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 2151-1 ;2° Which have a balanced territorial c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Negotiation procedures in companies with between eleven and fifty employees

Article L2232-23-1

I. - In companies with between eleven and less than fifty employees, where there is no trade union representative in the company or establishment, company or establishment agreements may be negotiated…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Vocational training and apprenticeships

Article L2241-14

The organisations bound by a branch agreement or, failing that, by a professional agreement meet at least every three years to negotiate on the priorities, objectives and means of vocational training…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Representativeness criteria

Article L2151-1

I.-The representativeness of professional employers' organisations is determined according to the following cumulative criteria: 1° Respect for republican values ; 2° Independence ; 3° Financial trans…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Assistance and representation of the parties.

Article L1453-1 A

…lves or be assisted or represented before the industrial tribunal, in addition to by a lawyer, by : 1° Employees or employers belonging to the same branch of activity ; 2° Union representatives ; 3° T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-13

I.-The joint fund allocates its credits : 1° Equally between employee trade union organisations, on the one hand, and professional employers' organisations, on the other hand, in respect of the missio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Civil capacity.

Article L2132-5

Trade unions may:1° Set up and administer information centres for job offers and applications;2° Create, administer and subsidise professional provident institutions, educational, training, popularisa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Posting and distribution of union communications.

Article L2142-6

…company. In the absence of an agreement, the trade union organisations present in the company and meeting the criteria of respect for republican values and independence, legally constituted for at lea…

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