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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Dismissal of an employee representative from an external company on the health, safety and working conditions committee

Article L2411-13

…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 mandate or the disappearance of the institut…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Employee member of a joint health, safety and working conditions committee in agriculture.

Article L2412-9

…ty and working conditions committee in agriculture 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: Protection in the event of interruption or non-renewal of a temporary work assignment.

Article L2413-1

…notified him of its decision to no longer call upon him for new contracts, pursuant to article L. 2314-22 ; 2° Member or former elected member of the staff delegation of the social and economic commi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2521-1

…y to private-law employers and their employees. They also apply to 1° Public establishments of an industrial and commercial nature ; 2° Public establishments providing both an administrative and an in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conciliation procedure.

Article L2522-4

When a party duly summoned in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 2522-3 fails to appear before the conciliation commission for a legitimate reason or is not represented, the presiden…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Implementing provisions.

Article L2522-13

Decrees in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this chapter.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mediation procedure.

Article L2523-7

If the mediation attempt fails and after the expiry of a period of forty-eight hours from the date on which the disagreement was established, the mediator shall send the Minister responsible for labou…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation.

Article L2373-1

A committee of the company resulting from a cross-border operation is set up when, at the end of the negotiation period provided for in Article L. 2352-9, no agreement has been reached and the special…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2373-6

In the absence of an agreement by the special negotiation body on the choice of the form of employee participation, the directors of the companies participating in the cross-border operation determine…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Operation

Article L23-114-2

…ixed-term contract of a member of the committee is subject to the administrative authorisation procedure provided for in Book IV of this Part Two. Employees whose identity appears on the electoral pro…

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