Platini, head of European football's governing body, is the only candidate in Tuesday's election held against the backdrop of campaigning for the FIFA presidential election in June.
Both Sepp Blatter, who is standing for a fourth term as FIFA president, and his challenger Mohamed Bin Hammam, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president, are in Paris as is Grant Wahl, the U.S. journalist standing as a protest candidate.
Wahl is searching for written backing from one of FIFA's 208 member associations which he needs in order to register for the election by the April 1 deadline.
Seven places on UEFA's executive committee are also being contested.
Malta's Joseph Mifsud is the only incumbent not standing for re-election, leaving six candidates trying to hold on to their places and seven more hoping to displace them.
