French Labour Code
In forceEmployers are responsible for the costs of prevention and occupational health services.
In the case of services common to several establishments or several undertakings constituting an economic and social unit, these costs are shared out in proportion to the number of employees counting for one unit each.
Within inter-company occupational health and prevention services, the compulsory services provided for in article L. 4622-9-1 are subject to a contribution proportional to the number of workers monitored, each counting as one unit. The additional services offered and the specific range of services provided for in article L. 4621-3 are invoiced on the basis of a fee schedule. The amount of the contributions and the fee schedule are approved by the General Meeting.
A decree shall determine the conditions under which the amount of the fees must not deviate by more than a percentage, set by decree, from the national average cost of the core set of services referred to in Article L. 4622-9-1.
By way of derogation from the second and third paragraphs of this article, in the case of expenses incurred for journalists paid on a freelance basis under article L. 7111-3, for employees in the professions mentioned in article L. 5424-22 and for those defined in article L. 7123-2, these expenses are allocated in proportion to the total payroll.
By way of derogation from the second and third paragraphs of this article, the expenses of the occupational health service of the employers mentioned in article L. 717-1 of the rural and maritime fishing code are covered according to the procedures laid down in articles L. 717-2, L. 717-2-1 and L. 717-3-1 of the same code.
