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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article L2316-2

The central company social and economic committee is informed and consulted on all major projects concerning the company in economic and financial matters, particularly in the cases defined in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article L2316-4

The central social and economic committee is made up of: 1° The employer or his representative; 2° An equal number of full delegates and alternates, elected for each establishment by the establishment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article L2316-20

The establishment social and economic committee has the same powers as the company social and economic committee, within the limits of the powers entrusted to the head of the establishment. The works…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article L2316-22

Where it is necessary to consult both the central social and economic committee and one or more establishment social and economic committees, an agreement may define the order and deadlines in which t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article L2316-23

The works social and economic committees are responsible for and supervise the management of all social and cultural activities.However, establishment social and economic committees may entrust the ce…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article L2316-6

Where no single establishment in the company constitutes three electoral colleges, but where several separate establishments together group together at least five hundred and one employees or at least…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article L2316-3

If the appointment of an expert provided for in sub-section 10 of section 3 of chapter V of this title is envisaged in the context of the projects mentioned in article L. 2316-2, it is carried out by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article L2316-5

Where one or more establishments in the company constitute three electoral colleges in application of article L. 2314-11, at least one full delegate and one alternate delegate to the central social an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article L2316-21

The site social and economic committee may call upon an expert as provided for in sub-section 10 of section 3 of chapter V of this title when it is competent in accordance with the provisions of this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article L2316-7

Each representative trade union organisation in the company appoints a representative to the central company social and economic committee chosen either from among the representatives of this organisa…

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