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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-35

Unless otherwise stipulated in an agreement referred to in Article L. 3121-32, the working week begins at 00.00 on Monday and ends at 24.00 on Sunday.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-41

…or organising working time is implemented over a reference period longer than a week, overtime is deducted at the end of this reference period. This reference period may not exceed three years in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-43

The introduction of a system for organising working hours over a period longer than a week by collective agreement does not constitute a change to the employment contract for full-time employees.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L3121-53

Working hours may be converted into hours or days under the conditions set out in sub-sections 2 and 3 of this section.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Implementing provisions

Article L3121-67

…ar 1° The distribution and organisation of working hours ; 2° The conditions for the use of standby duty; 3° Permanent or temporary derogations applicable in certain cases and for certain jobs; 4° Res…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3122-23

In the absence of an agreement as referred to in Article L. 3122-16, the minimum number of hours for which a night worker must be qualified is set at two hundred and seventy hours over a reference per…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definition

Article L3123-1

…ime applicable in the establishment; 2° To the monthly working time resulting from the application, during this period, of the legal working time or, if this is lower, the working time agreed for the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-27

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3123-19, the minimum working time for part-time employees is set at twenty-four hours per week or, where applicable, the monthly equivalent…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3123-36

…granted to full-time employees, subject, as regards the contractual rights mentioned in article L. 3123-38, to the specific terms and conditions provided for by the agreement or the extended collecti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substitute team.

Article L3132-16

In industries or industrial undertakings, a company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended collective labour agreement may stipulate that operational staff work in two groups, one of…

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