Without prejudice to the right to have recourse, if the conditions are met, to the reporting or public disclosure mechanism provided for in Chapter II of Title I of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of economic life, the staff representative on the social and economic committee who becomes aware, in particular through an employee, that the products or manufacturing processes used or implemented by the establishment pose a serious risk to public health or the environment shall immediately alert the employer.
The alert is recorded in writing under conditions determined by regulation.
The employer shall examine the situation jointly with the staff representative on the social and economic committee who forwarded the alert and shall inform him of the action it intends to take.