The French law on the duty of vigilance scrutinized by the Courts

Journal title GIORNALE DI DIRITTO DEL LAVORO E DI RELAZIONI INDUSTRIALI
Author/s Isabelle Daugareilh
Publishing Year 2021 Issue 2021/170
Language Italian Pages 19 P. 159-177 File size 256 KB
DOI 10.3280/GDL2021-170001
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The French law of March 27, 2017 on the duty of vigilance is part of a process of juridifica-tion of Corporate Social Responsibility and accountability of transnational companies that marks a fundamental step in the transformation of a voluntary commitment into a legal obliga-tion. One of the most important challenges in the process of implementing the law precisely concerns the concrete translation of this obligation to prepare a supervisory plan as a simple documentary obligation or as an obligation of reinforced means. This contribution aims to un-derline the tension between the two types of obligation, which is at the origin of the resistance of the companies and of judicial and doctrinal controversies fed by the shortcomings and am-biguities of a very brief legislative text on a new and complex subject, which supposes a completely different exercise from the common reporting obligations, contrary to what the compa-nies to which this discipline must be applied wish.

Keywords: Supervision; French Law; Supervision plan; Ngo; Trade union; State; Company; Nature of obligation; Scope of obligation; Obligation of means; Enhanced obligation of means; Court; Application; Effectiveness.

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Isabelle Daugareilh, La legge francese sul dovere di vigilanza al vaglio della giurisprudenza in "GIORNALE DI DIRITTO DEL LAVORO E DI RELAZIONI INDUSTRIALI " 170/2021, pp 159-177, DOI: 10.3280/GDL2021-170001