I.-The extended collective branch agreement mentioned inarticle L. 4162-1 may determine the exposure of workers to one or more of the occupational risk factors mentioned in I of article L. 4163-1 above the thresholds mentioned in the same I, by referring in particular to the jobs, professions or work situations occupied and to the collective and individual protection measures applied.
II – In the absence of an extended collective agreement, these exposed jobs, professions or work situations may also be defined by an industry professional reference approved by a joint order of the ministers responsible for labour and social affairs, under conditions laid down by decree.
Employers who apply the industry standard to determine the exposure of their employees are presumed to be acting in good faith.
III – A decree defines the conditions under which the employer may draw up the declaration referred to in Article L. 4163-1 on the basis of these jobs, professions or work situations.
IV -An employer who applies the stipulations of an extended industry agreement or an approved industry professional reference document mentioned in I and II to declare the exposure of its workers may not be subject to the penalty mentioned in II of Article L. 4163-16.