Section 3: Special provisions for companies with at least fifty employees

I.-A Chartered Accountant may be appointed by the Social and Economic Committee: 1° Under the conditions set out in article L. 2312-41 relating to mergers; 2° Under the conditions set out in articles L. 2312-63 et seq. relating to the exercise of the economic warning right; 3° In the event of collective redundancies for economic reasons, under the conditions provided for in articles L. 1233-34 et seq; 4° Under the…

The Chartered Accountant has access to the information under the conditions set out in Articles L. 2315-83 and L. 2315-90. Where the matter is referred to him as part of a merger operation as provided for in Article L. 2312-41 or a takeover search operation as provided for in Section 4 bis of Chapter III of Title III of Book II of Part One, the Chartered Accountant has access to…

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…

In companies with at least three hundred employees, the social and economic committee may decide to call on a technical expert of its choice to prepare for negotiations on professional equality.