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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for the extension of agreements.

Article L2261-20

At the request of one of the representative employers' and employees' trade unions, or on its own initiative, the administrative authority may convene a joint committee meeting. When two of these orga…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-26

…ts to an extended agreement only concern wages, they are subject to an accelerated examination procedure, the terms of which are defined by regulation after consultation of the National Commission for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Relationship between company or establishment agreements and agreements covering a wider territorial or professional scope.

Article L2253-2

In the following matters, where the branch agreement or the agreement covering a wider territorial or professional field expressly so stipulates, the company agreement concluded subsequent to that agr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for the extension of agreements.

Article L2261-23

In the absence of an agreement at national level, the conditions for extension provided for in Article L. 2261-22 are applicable to branch agreements concluded at other territorial levels, subject to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for the extension of agreements.

Article L2261-22

…elating to the territorial and professional scope ;2° L. 2222-5 and L. 2222-6, relating to the procedures for renewal, revision and termination;3° L. 2232-3 and L. 2232-9, relating to the guarantees g…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L2283-2

…nisations where no trade union delegate has been appointed or where the agreement defining the procedures for exercising employees' right of expression, as provided for in article L. 2281-5, has not b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Job and career management

Article L2242-21

…cover :1° The matters referred to in articles L. 1233-21 and L. 1233-22 in accordance with the procedures laid down in these same articles;2° On the qualification of categories of jobs threatened by e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Determining the applicable collective agreement.

Article L2261-2

The applicable collective agreement is that governing the employer's main activity. In the event of several activities making the application of this criterion uncertain, collective agreements and pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-28

The extension order for an agreement or arrangement lapses on the date on which the agreement or arrangement in question ceases to have effect.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-29

The extension order becomes null and void from the date on which the extension order for the text in question ceases to have effect.

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