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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Access to documents and information

Article R4314-8

…uthorities and authorised agents may request the economic operator concerned to provide them with : 1° The document relating to the conformity of a specimen of equipment drawn up by the manufacturer;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Personal protective equipment

Article R4313-80

…ive equipment that is new or considered to be new and whose purpose is to protect the user against: 1° Mechanical aggression whose effects are superficial; 2° Non-dangerous cleaning products whose eff…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-25

The application for EC type-examination shall include: 1° The name and address of the manufacturer or importer; 2° The place of manufacture of the machine or personal protective equipment; 3° The tech…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : The EC quality assurance system for supervised production

Article R4313-62

…quality assurance system for production with surveillance is the procedure whereby a manufacturer: 1° has a quality assurance system approved by a notified body of his choice ; 2° entrusts this body…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-4-3

A safety component is a component: 1° Which serves to ensure a safety function; 2° Which is placed on the market in isolation; 3° Whose failure or malfunction endangers the safety of persons; 4° Which…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-4

…y" apply to work equipment designated below by the word "machinery" and included in the list below: 1° Machinery; 2° Interchangeable equipment; 3° Safety components; 4° Lifting accessories; 5° Chains,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery and other work equipment

Article R4313-78

…procedures defined in article R. 4313-76 or to those defined in article R. 4313-77, are as follows: 1° Circular saws (single- or multiblade) for working with wood and material with similar physical ch…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R4313-19

…dure for machinery or personal protective equipment provided for in this section may be subject to: 1° the results of checks, even unannounced, carried out by notified bodies in the manufacturing or s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4216-9

…one hundred, clearances are determined on the basis of the number of people calculated as follows: 1° The number of people is rounded up to the nearest hundred; 2° The number of people is increased b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R4216-2

…d premises must be designed and constructed in such a way as to allow, in the event of a disaster : 1° the rapid evacuation of all occupants or their delayed evacuation, where this is made necessary,…

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