Section 6: Expertise

During the negotiation of a sectoral agreement, one or more recognised representative employee organisations or one or more recognised representative professional platform organisations may apply to the Employment Platforms Labour Relations Authority for authorisation to use an expert opinion on the elements necessary for the negotiation, relating to economic, financial, social, environmental or technological issues. The request must be accompanied by specifications drawn up by the organisation requesting authorisation and…

The Labour Relations Authority for Employment Platforms assesses the usefulness of the expertise requested, in particular with regard to the subject of the negotiations and the complexity of the issue dealt with. The decision authorising the use of expert advice implies that the Authority for Employment Platforms will pay for it.

The professional organisation(s) of the platforms concerned, if they did not initiate the request for expert appraisal, will provide the expert with the information necessary to carry out his mission. Business secrecy is not enforceable against the expert to this extent. The expert’s conclusions are made known to all the organisations representing the sector and to the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d’emploi, in compliance with business secrecy.

A decree of the Conseil d’Etat will determine the conditions under which the Director General of the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d’emploi will decide on the request for authorisation of an expert appraisal, monitor the progress of the assignment and pay the expert.