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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Registration.

Article D4644-6

…irs, Labour and Employment by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. It shall contain : 1° Proof that the applicant holds an engineering diploma or a diploma attesting to at least two year…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Regional committees.

Article R4643-19

…nt et des Travaux Publics comprises regional prevention committees responsible, in particular, for: 1° Carrying out actions to improve hygiene, health, safety and working conditions at all sites where…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: National Committee.

Article R4643-5

…liberations, regulates the affairs of the body. To this end, the council of the national committee: 1° Determines the body's guidelines, sets the annual programme and adopts the activity report, in ac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The General Committee

Article R4641-10

…ommission or, in his absence, by the Director General of Labour or his representative.It comprises :1° In respect of the college of social partners :a) Five employee representatives, i.e.: one nominat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conseil national d'orientation des conditions de travail (National Council for the Orientation of Working Conditions)

Article R4641-5

The Conseil national d'orientation des conditions de travail : 1° Participates in the preparation of national and international strategic guidelines relating to health and safety at work, the improvem…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specialised committees

Article R4641-14

…Reports on its work are submitted to the General Commission. This specialised commission comprises: 1° For the college of social partners: a) Five employee representatives, i.e. : one nominated by the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specialised committees

Article R4641-11

The specialised committees: 1° Prepare the opinions of the general committee; 2° Are consulted on international and European instruments, draft decrees other than those issued on the report of the Min…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Standing advisory group on working conditions

Article R4641-7

…the tasks set out in article L. 4641-2-1, the National Committee for Prevention and Health at Work: 1° Contributes to defining the French position on strategic issues at European or international leve…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Formal notices from the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment.

Article R4721-1

…mployer when the dangerous situation giving rise to an occupational risk is due, in particular, to: 1° The way in which the work is organised or the workstation is arranged; 2° The state of traffic ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks of the agency and its network

Article R4642-2

…R. 4642-4. The regional joint body comprises at most and in equal numbers for each of the colleges: 1° Ten representatives of employee trade union organisations ; 2° Ten representatives of professiona…

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