The Social and Economic Committee may call on the services of a qualified expert under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat:
1° When a serious, identified and present risk, whether or not revealed by an accident at work, an occupational disease or a disease of an occupational nature, is observed in the establishment;
2° In the event of the introduction of new technologies or a major project modifying health and safety conditions or working conditions, as provided for in 4° of II of Article L. 2312-8;
3° In companies with at least three hundred employees, with a view to preparing negotiations on professional equality.