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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition of committees

Article R2522-15

Twice as many alternate members are appointed under the same conditions as the full members. They sit only in the absence of the full members. The full and alternate representatives of employers and e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mediation procedure

Article R2523-10

When the mediation procedure is initiated by the minister responsible for labour or by the chairman of the regional conciliation commission at the request of one of the parties or on his own initiativ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Travel allowances and expenses

Article R2523-18

When the mediators call on the services of experts, the latter are paid on a sessional basis. Qualified persons who assist the mediators are paid a flat-rate fee.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Supplementary provisions

Article R3121-13

The request to exceed the limit for an entire sector of activity at national level is sent by the employers' organisation concerned to the Minister responsible for labour.The Minister makes his decisi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trade union delegate, mandated employee, member of the staff delegation to the inter-company social and economic committee and employee adviser

Article R2421-1

…state the reasons for the proposed dismissal. It is sent electronically in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 112-9 to R. 112-9-2 of the Code of relations between the public and the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R2521-1

In the agricultural professions, the powers conferred on the Minister for Labour by this Title in respect of collective disputes shall be exercised, in agreement with the latter, by the Minister for A…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Travel allowances and expenses

Article R2523-17

…imbursement of secretarial, correspondence and travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Arbitration procedure

Article R2524-17

…rise either the parties or the lawyers at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation, the lawyers duly registered at the bar or the parties' representatives to make brief oral observations.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article D2621-1

…as provided for in sub-section 2 of section 2 of chapter I of title IV of book II;6° Three-yearly industry and professional negotiations on disabled workers, as provided for in sub-section 3 of sectio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Jurisdiction

Article R2623-1

The conciliation commission provided for in article L. 2623-1 may hear any collective labour dispute arising in the department or collectivity in which it sits, with the exception of collective labour…

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