Social Law – Case Law (June-July-September 2015)

Fixed-term contract: absence of a term limit; Commuting time for employees without a fixed workplace; Determination of the law applicable to the contract; Documents containing obligations for the employee in a foreign language; Reclassification...

Collective Bargaining Agreement for Councils of Architecture, Urban Planning and the Environment

Order of 2 July 2015 extending an amendment to the national collective agreement for architectural, urban planning and environmental consultancies (no. 2666). The provisions of amendment no. 20 of 21 January 2015 relating to the value of the point, to the aforementioned national collective agreement, subject to the application...

Terms and Conditions

In the context of relations between suppliers and distributors or service providers, the Hamon Law mandated the communication of general terms and conditions of sale (GTC) by December 1st at the latest (Art. L.441-7 of the French Commercial Code). The Macron Law restricted the scope of this provision insofar as...

Consumer disputes

Ordinance No. 2015-1033 of August 20, 2015, transposes Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes into French law. A new section, entitled "Mediation of Consumer Disputes," is thus added to Book 1 of the Consumer Code. Scope of application...

Public limited companies: minimum number of shareholders

The law simplifying business life authorized the government to take measures by decree to reduce the minimum number of shareholders in unlisted public limited companies and to adapt...

Housing contract, property rights and accessibility

Newsletter No. 26 - Real Estate Law LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY NEWS Housing Contract Decree No. 2015-587 of May 29, 2015 Defense of Property Rights Bill of May 20, 2015 Accessibility Draft Bill...