Employment & Labor

#TRST2609791VNotice on the Extension of an Addendum to the National Collective Agreement for Five Branches of Various Food Industries

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This law proposes to make a specific addendum mandatory for all employers and employees in certain sectors of the food industry. It affects sectors like biscuit making, cereal production, and chocolate manufacturing. Interested parties have fifteen days to provide feedback, and there is a one-month period for industry organizations to formally oppose the extension.

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Key Changes

  • Mandatory application of contract addendum in food industry sectors
  • 15-day feedback period for interested parties
  • 1-month opposition period for industry organizations

Obligations

What this law requires

high

All employers and employees in the specified food industry sectors (biscuit making, cereal production, chocolate manufacturing, confectionery, infant foods, dietetic foods, and dessert preparations) must comply with the stipulations of Addendum No. 32 dated March 3, 2026, once the extension is formalized by ministerial order.

All employers and employees in the five branches of the food industry covered by the addendum
operational
medium

Interested parties and organizations must submit written observations and opinions regarding the proposed generalization of the addendum within fifteen days from the notice publication.

Organizations and any interested parties
reporting
medium

Written communications with observations must be addressed to the Ministry of Labor and Solidarities (DGT, bureau DS1), 14, avenue Duquesne, 75350 Paris SP 07.

Organizations and interested parties submitting feedback
disclosure
high

Representative employer professional organizations at the addendum level must formally notify and deposit any written and reasoned opposition to the extension within one month, following procedures outlined in articles L. 2231-5 and L. 2231-6 of the French Labor Code.

Representative employer professional organizations recognized at the addendum level
reporting

Affected Parties

employers in the food industryemployees in affected sectors

Tags

food industry,employment regulation,collective agreement