France ratified the European Social Charter on 09/03/1973 and the Revised European Social Charter on 07/05/1999, accepting all of its 98 paragraphs.  

It accepted the 1995 Additional Protocol providing for a system of collective complaints on 07/05/1999, but has not yet made a declaration enabling national NGOs to submit collective complaints.
 

The Charter in domestic law

Under Article 55 of the Constitution: "Treaties or agreements regularly ratified or approved have, from the time of publication, an authority superior to that of laws, provided, in the case of each agreement or treaty, that it is applied by the other party." 


Country factsheets

The country factsheets include detailed information on the findings of the European Committee of Social Rights when monitoring the application of the Charter at national level, as well as examples of progress in the implementation of the rights protected by the Charter.

France factsheet


Latest Ad hoc report by France

See previous reports in respect of France


Latest reports by France on follow-up to decisions in Collective complaints

Report on follow-up to Collective complaint no. 149/2017 Confédération générale du travail (CGT) et Confédération française de l’encadrement-CGC (CFE-CGC) v.France, 06 September 2024


Latest conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR)

See previous all conclusions in respect of France (HUDOC)


Latest findings of the European Committee of Social Rights

Findings 2019 of the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up to decisions on the merits in collective complaints in respect of France.


Table of accepted and non-accepted provisions by France

Grey = Accepted provisions

1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.1
3.2 3.3 3.4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 5 6.1 6.2 6.3
6.4 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 8.1
8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 9 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 11.1 11.2
11.3 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 14.1 14.2 15.1
15.2 15.3 16 17.1 17.2 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 19.1 19.2 19.3
19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 19.9 19.10 19.11 19.12 20 21 22
23 24 25 26.1 26.2 27.1 27.2 27.3 28 29 30 31.1
31.2 31.3  

Collective complaints procedure

France accepted the 1995 Additional Protocol providing for a system of collective complaints on 07/05/1999, but has not yet made a declaration enabling national NGOs to submit collective complaints.

Back No. 162/2018 International Federation of Associations of the Elderly (FIAPA) v. France

The complaint was registered on 13 April 2018. It relates to Articles 5 (right to organise), 23 (right of elderly persons to social protection) and E (non-discrimination) of the Revised European Social Charter. The complainant organisation alleges that Ordinance No. 2017-192 of 16 February 2017, which sets an age limit of 71 years for candidates for an election to the board of the Order of health-care professionals, is contrary to the aforementioned provisions of the Charter.

 Case document No.1, Complaint registered on 13 April 2018

 Case document No. 2, Submissions of the Government on the merits (French only)

 Case document No. 3, Response from FIAPA to the Government's submissions on the merits (French only)

 Case document No. 4, Further response from the Government on the merits (French only)

 Case document No. 5, FIAPA's response to the Government's further response (French only)

 Case document No. 6, Government's response to the FIAPA's further response (French only)

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 16 October 2018.

The European Committee of Social Rights adopted its decision on the merits on 10 December 2020.

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint No. 162/2018

 Decision on the merits of the Complaint No. 162/2018

 Resolution CM/ResChS(2021)2 of the Committee of Ministers of 28 April 2021


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