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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

…ing mandates benefits from the protection against dismissal provided for in this chapter, including during a safeguarding, receivership or compulsory liquidation procedure: 1° Délégué syndical ; 2° Me…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Candidate for the position of elected member of the social and economic committee staff delegation

Article L2411-7

Authorisation for dismissal is required for a period of six months for a candidate, in the first or second round, for the position of elected member of the staff delegation of the social and economic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Candidates for the office of member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee

Article L2411-10-1

Authorisation for dismissal is required for a period of six months for a candidate for the position of member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee, from the date…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 16: Members of the joint regional interprofessional committee

Article L2412-16

The fixed-term employment contract of an employee who is a member of the regional cross-industry joint committee referred to in Article L. 23-111-1 may only be terminated before its term due to seriou…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Member of the Special Negotiating Body, the European Works Council, the European Company Committee, the Committee of the European Cooperative Society or the Committee of the Company resulting from the cross-border merger

Article L2435-1

…ean Works Council, in disregard of the provisions relating to the administrative authorisation procedure provided for in this book, is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 euros.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable after registration of the company resulting from the cross-border transaction

Article L2374-4

Employee representatives sitting on the administrative or supervisory body, or participating in the general meeting or in the section or branch meetings of the company resulting from the cross-border…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Dismissal of an employee who is a member of a joint committee for health, safety and working conditions in agriculture.

Article L2411-15

…horisation is also required for an employee who has sat as a staff representative on this committee during the first six months following the expiry of his or her term of office or the disappearance o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Members of the social and economic committee staff delegation

Article L2412-3

…of a trade union representative on the social and economic committee before the expiry of the term due to serious misconduct or unfitness certified by the occupational physician, or on expiry of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Member of the special negotiating body and member of the European works council

Article L2412-6

…body or of a member of the European works council may only be terminated before expiry of the term due to serious misconduct or unfitness certified by the occupational physician, or on expiry of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Local representative

Article L2433-1

…cal representative in disregard of the provisions relating to the administrative authorisation procedure provided for in this book, is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 euros.…

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