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Title II: Basic nuclear installations and installations likely to give rise to public utility easements

Article R4523-1 of the French Labour Code

The list of workstations relating to the safety of the installation provided for in article L. 4523-2 specifies, where applicable, under the preventive measures provided for in articles L. 4121-3 and L. 4121-4: 1° Workstations which cannot be assigned to employees holding a fixed-term employment contract or to temporary employees; 2° Workstations intended to be occupied by the establishment’s employees; 3° Workstations whose tasks require the presence of at least…

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Article R4523-2 of the French Labour Code

The Social and Economic Committee may decide to call upon the technological risk expert referred to in Article L. 4523-5 when applying for the prefectoral authorisation provided for in Article L. 512-1 of the Environment Code and before issuing the opinion provided for in Article R. 4612-4. The Committee may take its decision as from the meeting during which it is informed of the documents attached to the application for…

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Article R4523-3 of the French Labour Code

The Social and Economic Committee may call upon the expert in technological risks mentioned in article L. 4523-5 in the event of serious danger in connection with the classified installation. The expert submits his report within forty-five days of being called upon.

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Article R4523-5 of the French Labour Code

In order to extend the composition of the user undertaking’s health, safety and working conditions committee to include representation from external undertakings, in application of article L. 4523-11, it is the responsibility of: 1° The head of the user undertaking’s establishment to identify the external undertakings which meet the criteria defined in article R. 4523-6 and to select from among these the undertakings which are to appoint one or more…

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Article R4523-6 of the French Labour Code

The identification and selection of external companies by the user company is based on the following three cumulative criteria: 1° The nature of the particular risks associated with the work and likely to affect the safety of the workers present in or near the installation, which is the overriding criterion; 2° The number of employees working or due to work, expressed as an average number of men per day present…

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Article R4523-7 of the French Labour Code

The head of the user undertaking establishment shall rank the list of external undertakings meeting the criteria defined in Article R. 4523-6 in order of relevance. He shall mention the companies he intends to select and, for each of them, its representation either by one or more employees, or by a management representative, or by a combination of employees and management. The total number of employee representatives from external companies…

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Article R4523-8 of the French Labour Code

The head of the user undertaking communicates this list to the social and economic committee, together with the information justifying the composition chosen with regard to the criteria set out in article R. 4523-6. After a period of at least thirty days and at most sixty days following this communication, the social and economic committee gives its opinion on the list and the representation mentioned in article R. 4523-7.

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Article R4523-9 of the French Labour Code

Within fifteen days of the Social and Economic Committee being consulted, the head of the user company establishment: 1° Informs the heads of the external companies appearing on the list referred to in Article R. 4523-7 of the opinion of the Social and Economic Committee provided for in Article R. 4523-8 and consults them before drawing up the list of outside undertakings called upon to appoint a representative of their…

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