Subsection 2: Protection of representatives

The provisions of this sub-section apply to the representative appointed pursuant to Article L. 7343-12, hereinafter referred to as the “representative”, who uses a platform as a self-employed worker to carry out his professional activity in one of the sectors mentioned in Article L. 7343-1.

Pursuant to Article L. 7343-13, a distribution centre wishing to terminate its commercial contract with a representative must inform the representative in advance and provide him/her with the reasons for the termination by any means giving a date certain for receipt of this information. This information is given to the representative no later than fifteen days before the application for authorisation to terminate the contract provided for in article L….

The platform shall send the request for authorisation to terminate the contract provided for in Article L. 7343-14 to the Employment Platforms Labour Relations Authority electronically in accordance with the procedures set out in Articles R. 112-9-1 and R. 112-9-2 of the Code des relations entre le public et l’administration. The request shall state the reasons for the proposed termination of the business relationship.

The decision of the Director General of the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d’emploi is preceded by an adversarial investigation during which the representative may, at his request, be assisted. For the purposes of the adversarial investigation, the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d’emploi may ask the platform to provide it with any document in its possession necessary to verify that the reason for the proposed termination of…

The Director General of the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d’emploi will take a decision within two months of receipt of the application for authorisation to terminate the contract, at the end of which time an implicit decision to reject the application will be issued. The decision is reasoned and notified electronically or by any other means giving a certain date of receipt to: 1° To the platform ;…

The commercial relationship is terminated within a maximum period of one month after the platform is notified of the decision of the Director General of the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes authorising the termination. After this period, the authorisation decision ceases to have effect.

For the application of Article L. 7343-17, the substantial drop in activity may be established in particular by the following elements: 1° A substantial drop in the average hourly income paid by the platform to the worker in the last three months of activity, compared with the previous twelve months. The average hourly amount of income paid by the platform to the worker corresponds to the ratio between the activity…

Without prejudice to the exercise of the rights provided for in Articles 15 to 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC, the representative may obtain communication of the information used to calculate the substantial drop…