Health and safety committees, set up by collective labour agreements and composed of employer and employee representatives, are responsible for promoting safety training and contributing to the improvement of health and safety conditions.
These provisions do not apply to farms and agricultural businesses that do not have a social and economic committee. These farms and businesses are covered by article L. 717-7 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, relating to joint health, safety and working conditions committees in agriculture.
If no committees are set up under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph, their task is carried out by professional bodies for health, safety and working conditions set up in the branches of activity presenting particular risks as provided for in article L. 4643-1.