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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article R4451-1

…ed to a risk due to ionising radiation of natural or artificial origin. They apply in particular to 1° to the manufacture, production, processing, handling, storage, use, warehousing, possession and t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Exposure limit values

Article R4443-1

…ns, referred to an eight-hour reference period, may not exceed the following exposure limit values: 1° 5 m/s2 for vibrations transmitted to the hands and arms; 2° 1.15 m/s2 for vibrations transmitted…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Principles and means of prevention

Article R4412-108

…which or in the environment of which the operations are carried out, the employer shall implement : 1° Techniques and operating procedures to reduce dust, such as robotised work in closed systems, red…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-97-3

…carried out, the safety of workers is ensured under the conditions laid down in II of this article: 1° In the event of an emergency caused by a disaster presenting a serious risk to public health or s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Medical file

Article R4412-54

…to health, the occupational health physician shall set up and keep an individual file containing : 1° Where applicable, the information communicated by the employer to the occupational physician in a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Strings

Article R4323-89

…e of rope access and positioning techniques is subject to compliance with the following conditions: 1° The system comprises at least one working rope, constituting a means of access, descent and suppo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Start-up and shut-down controls

Article R4324-15

…to occur or which are in the process of occurring. The following are excluded from this obligation: 1° Machinery for which an emergency stop device would not be able to reduce the risk, either because…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Driving authorisation for the use of certain mobile work equipment or equipment for lifting loads

Article R4323-57

Orders issued by the ministers responsible for labour or agriculture determine: 1° The conditions of the training required under article R. 4323-55; 2° The categories of work equipment requiring a dri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions applicable to work equipment used for lifting loads

Article R4323-32

…of derogation from article R. 4323-31, work equipment not designed for lifting people may be used: 1° Either to access a workstation or to perform work when the use of equipment specially designed fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Lifting and moving workers

Article R4324-29

Work equipment used for lifting and moving workers is chosen or equipped to : 1° Prevent the risk of the user falling from the enclosure, where this exists, by means of appropriate devices; 2° Prevent…

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