Article R4643-21 of the French Labour Code
November 2, 2023
The National Committee determines the number of Regional Prevention Committees.
The National Committee determines the number of Regional Prevention Committees.
Each Regional Prevention Committee Council is made up of ten members appointed by the National Committee Council, five of whom are nominated by representative employers’ organisations at national level and five by representative employees’ organisations at national level. Ten alternates are appointed under the same conditions.
Each year, the Regional Prevention Committee Council elects from among its members a bureau consisting of a chairman and a vice-chairman, who is responsible for replacing the chairman if he is absent or unable to attend. Where the chairman belongs to the category of members appointed on the proposal of employers’ professional organisations, the vice-chairman is chosen from among the members appointed on the proposal of employees’ trade union organisations,…
The Regional Prevention Committee Council meets when convened by its Chairman and on the agenda set by him. It may also be convened at the request of the majority of its members or of the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment. It may only deliberate if at least three members belonging to each category are present, failing which it is convened again within a fortnight and on…
The Regional Operational Managers prepare and implement the decisions of the Regional Prevention Committee Councils. By delegation from the Secretary General, they manage the departments and staff placed at their disposal.
Each regional committee is assisted as technical advisor by a doctor chosen from among the occupational physicians responsible for the medical supervision of employees in the industry.
The action of the Regional Prevention Committee is implemented in particular by prevention engineers and technicians, whose recruitment procedures are set by decision of the Council of the National Committee.
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…
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