Question juridique clé
Whether the respondents could raise prescription after missing the initial written-declaration deadline
Solution extraite
Yes. The oral prescription objection at the conciliation/site-inspection hearing remained admissible; the missed written deadline did not forfeit that defense.
Motifs extraits
Failure to respond to the first written invitation did not create a substantive default sanction barring later procedural objections. At most, the commission could decide on the existing record and earlier hearing conclusions.