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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Civil capacity.

Article L2132-3

Professional trade unions have the right to take legal action.They may, before all courts, exercise all the rights reserved to civil parties concerning acts that directly or indirectly harm the collec…

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

Article L2135-11

…yers' organisations concerned:1° The design, management, coordination and evaluation of policies conducted on a joint basis by means of the contribution referred to in 1° of the I of article L. 2135-1…

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

Article L2135-17

Bodies that are managed by a majority of employees' trade union organisations and employers' professional organisations that appear on the list referred to in 2° of I of article L. 2135-10 and whose B…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L2141-7

The employer or its representatives are prohibited from using any means of pressure in favour of or against a trade union organisation.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L2141-10

…limitation may be placed on the provisions relating to the exercise of trade union rights by memorandum or unilateral decision of the employer.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L2141-12

Decrees of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the conditions of application of this Title to activities, which by their nature lead to dispersion or permanent mobility of personnel, linked to the norm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional organisations

Article L2135-6

Professional trade unions of employers, their unions and employers' associations mentioned in Article L. 2135-1 that wish to establish their representativeness on the basis of Title V of this Book I a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2136-1

Any director or administrator of a professional trade union or union of trade unions who fails to comply with the provisions of article L. 2131-1, relating to the purpose of trade unions, is liable to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Trade union section representative

Article L2142-1-1

…hin the undertaking or establishment. The representative of the trade union section carries out his duties within the framework of the provisions of this chapter. He shall enjoy the same prerogatives…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Trade union section representative

Article L2142-1-4

…ich are not representative in the company and which form a trade union section may appoint, for the duration of their mandate, a member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee as…

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