Subsection 3: Organisation and operation.

No person may be a member of the board of the national committee or of a regional prevention committee unless he can prove that he has practised a profession, trade or salaried activity in the building and public works sector for at least five years.

The employer shall allow employees who are members of a board of a committee of the organisation the time necessary to carry out their duties. The organisation shall ensure that the persons concerned continue to receive their remuneration during the corresponding absences or, where applicable, reimburse, at the employer’s request, the costs incurred by the employer in this respect.

The members of the board of the national committee and the secretary general, duly authorised by him and the members of the body’s staff, authorised by the secretary general, shall have free access to the establishments and worksites of member undertakings. The members of the board of the regional prevention committee and the operational manager of this committee, duly authorised by him and the members of staff authorised by this…

On their own initiative or at the request of a member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee, the persons mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of article R. 4643-30 carry out technical investigations into the causes of accidents at work and occupational or work-related illnesses in undertakings which do not have a social and economic committee. In other undertakings, these persons may take part in…

An authorised representative of the regional prevention committee is invited and attends in an advisory capacity: 1° Meetings of the health, safety and working conditions committee; 2° At the initiative of the employer or at the request of the majority of the staff delegation on the social and economic committee, the committee meetings referred to in the first and second paragraphs of article L. 2315-27 : 3° At meetings of…

The members of the committee of the national council and of the committees of the regional councils, as well as the employees of the Organisme professionnel de prévention du bâtiment et des travaux publics, are required not to reveal any secrets of which they may become aware in the performance of their duties. They may only refer to manufacturing processes that improve safety considerations with the express agreement of the…

Employers of member companies shall report any serious accident to the Regional Committee within forty-eight hours. For the purposes of this article, a serious accident means an accident which has resulted in death or is likely to result in permanent disability, or which has revealed the existence of a serious danger, even if the consequences could have been avoided, as well as any occupational or work-related illness. Employers shall provide…