Employment & Labor

#TRST2606652ADecree of 26 March 2026 extending an agreement concluded under the national collective bargaining agreement for the five branches of miscellaneous food industries (No. 3109) and the national collective bargaining agreement for dry pasta and unprepared couscous (No. 1987)

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🇬🇧 English

This French decree, published on 4 April 2026, makes mandatory the provisions of a collective agreement signed on 26 June 2025. The agreement applies specific implementation methods of the national collective bargaining agreement for the five branches of food industries to companies belonging to the Syndicat des Industriels Fabricants de Pâtes Alimentaires de France (SIFPAF), formerly under IDCC 1987. It extends the agreement to all employers and employees covered by the two mentioned national collective agreements, as modified by the merger order of 3 June 2024. The extension is granted with the explicit reservation that it must comply with Articles L. 2253-1 and L. 2253-3 of the French Labor Code, particularly regarding matters where company-level agreements may prevail over branch-level ones. Night work qualification is specifically identified as a matter reserved for branch-level negotiation, where company agreements cannot provide less favorable conditions.

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Key Changes

  • Mandatory application of the 26 June 2025 collective agreement to all employers and employees under IDCC 3109 and former IDCC 1987
  • Extension effective from the date of publication of the decree (4 April 2026) for the remaining duration of the agreement
  • Specific implementation rules for the five-branch food industries agreement applied to SIFPAF member companies

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Obligations

What this law requires

high

All employers and employees in the five branches of miscellaneous food industries (IDCC 3109) and dry pasta and unprepared couscous (IDCC 1987) must comply with the provisions of the collective agreement signed on 26 June 2025

All employers and employees covered by IDCC 3109 and IDCC 1987
operational
high

All employers and employees must respect Articles L. 2253-1 and L. 2253-3 of the French Labor Code regarding matters where company-level agreements may prevail over branch-level agreements

All employers and employees covered by the two national collective agreements
operational
high

Night work qualification must be negotiated and established at the branch level; company-level agreements cannot provide less favorable conditions regarding night work classification

All employers and employee representatives in the covered branches
prohibition
medium

The extended agreement provisions take effect from the date of publication of this decree (4 April 2026) and remain in force for the duration and under the conditions specified in the original agreement signed on 26 June 2025

All employers and employees covered by IDCC 3109 and IDCC 1987
operational

Affected Parties

Employers and employees in the five branches of miscellaneous food industriesManufacturers of dry pasta and unprepared couscous+2 more…

Tags

collective bargaining,labor law extension,food industry