The employer is required to allow any employee of his company who is a member of a regional council the time necessary to attend and participate in:
1° The plenary sessions of this council;
2° The meetings of the committees of which he is a member and established by a deliberation of the regional council;
3° The meetings of the deliberative assemblies and the boards of the bodies where he has been appointed to represent the region. In accordance with the procedures laid down by a Conseil d’Etat decree, the elected member must inform the employer of the date of the session or meeting as soon as he is aware of it. The employer is not obliged to pay as working time the time spent by the elected representative at the aforementioned sittings and meetings;
4° At meetings of assemblies, bureaux and specialised commissions of national bodies where he has been appointed or elected to represent local authorities or public establishments under his authority.
At the start of his term of office as a regional councillor, the employee benefits, at his request, from an individual interview with his employer on the practical arrangements for exercising his mandate with regard to his job. This interview does not replace the professional interview mentioned in article L. 6315-1 of the Labour Code.
The employer and the employee member of the regional council may agree on the measures to be implemented to facilitate reconciliation between the employee’s professional life and elective duties and, where applicable, on the conditions of remuneration for time off devoted to the exercise of these duties.