Section 5: Enlarged health, safety and working conditions committee

When the purpose of the meeting of the social and economic committee is to contribute to the definition of common safety rules in the establishment and to the observance of the prevention measures defined in application of article L. 4522-1, it relies on the work of the health, safety and working conditions committee extended to include a representation of the managers of external companies and the workers they employ under…

The provisions of Article L. 4523-11 do not apply to establishments comprising at least one basic nuclear facility in which the managers of external companies and representatives of their employees are involved in the prevention of specific risks associated with the activity of the establishment, in accordance with procedures implemented before the publication of Law No. 2006-686 of 13 June 2006 on transparency and safety in nuclear matters and meeting…

The extended Health, Safety and Working Conditions Committee meets at least once a year. It is also convened when a workplace accident occurs in which the victim is an external person working in the establishment.

The representation of external companies on the extended Health, Safety and Working Conditions Committee depends on the duration and nature of their work and the number of employees working in the establishment. The employees of external companies are appointed from among the employees regularly working on the site by the social and economic committee of their establishment or, failing that, by the members of the team called upon to work…

The employer and the heads of the external companies respectively take the measures within their prerogatives to enable the employees of external companies appointed to the extended health, safety and working conditions committee to carry out their duties. The Social and Economic Committee may invite the head of an external company to attend on an occasional consultative basis.

Employees of external companies who sit or have sat as staff representatives on an extended health, safety and working conditions committee are bound by an obligation of discretion with regard to information of a confidential nature and given as such by the employer. They are bound by professional secrecy on all matters relating to manufacturing processes.

Employees of external companies who sit or have sat as staff representatives on an extended health, safety and working conditions committee benefit from the protection provided by Book IV of Part Two.