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Economic redundancy
Conflict in the Middle East: possibility of partial activity
Publié le 08 avril 2026 - Entreprendre Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
In a difficult environment linked to the conflict in the Middle East, the Ministry of Labor gives the possibility to affected companies to resort to partial activity. Explanations.
Given the consequences of the conflict in the Middle East (de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz, disruption of air traffic in the Middle East), the activity of some companies could have been impacted.
Thus, the Ministry of Labor offers the possibility to companies to request thepartial activity if they suffer raw material supply disruptions directly related to the conflict.
The companies concerned must demonstrate:
- by any means that their activity is directly affected by the conflict;
- that they were not in a position to put in place “alternative measures to compensate for the decline in activity”.
The DDETS: titleContent consider eligibility for partial activity on a case-by-case basis.
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