The Social and Economic Committee may decide to call upon the technological risk expert referred to in Article L. 4523-5 when applying for the prefectoral authorisation provided for in Article L. 512-1 of the Environment Code and before issuing the opinion provided for in Article R. 4612-4.
The Committee may take its decision as from the meeting during which it is informed of the documents attached to the application for authorisation submitted to the Prefect,
This expert, chosen after consultation with the department responsible for the application for authorisation, submits his report to the Committee before the close of the public enquiry. The expert will present the report at a committee meeting before the committee is consulted on the dossier as a whole.