If an employer requests the CLA parties for dispensation from the application of particular provisions in this CLA, these parties may decide this in collective consultation. The employer submitting a request for dispensation to the CLA parties shall send of copy of this to the employee representatives. The employee representative also receive a copy of the decision of the CLA parties regarding the request from the employer.

Dispensation may also be requested for deviation from this CLA for a group of employees at the employer.

In its request for dispensation, the employer should state the nature of its proposed deviation from the provisions of the CLA. Proposed amendments to deviating arrangements due to a dispensation must be submitted to the CLA parties.