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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Work platforms.

Article R4534-78

…1° Guardrails consisting of two rails, one one metre and the other 45 centimetres above the floor; 2° Skirting boards at least 15 centimetres high. However, these provisions do not prevent the instal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Erection, dismantling and lifting of frameworks.

Article R4534-99

…ed: 1° Either canopies, fans or floors capable of preventing a free fall of more than three metres; 2° Or nets, or any other device of at least equivalent elasticity, capable of preventing a free fall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 16: Hygiene measures.

Article R4534-137

…1° Sanitary facilities, as set out in articles R. 4228-2 to R. 4228-7 and R. 4228-10 to R. 4228-18; 2° Catering, as set out in articles R. 4228-22 to R. 4228-25, may be waived for work sites lasting n…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Common provisions.

Article R4534-125

…r to the start of the work, the employer: 1° Shall have the necessary protective devices installed; 2° Shall inform the workers, by means of written instructions, of the protective measures to be impl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Use of work and personal protection equipment.

Article R4535-6

…for the use of work equipment and means of protection set out in articles R. 4321-1 to R. 4321-5 ; 2° Obligation to maintain compliance as set out in article R. 4322-1 ; 3° Rules for installing and u…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Risk assessment.

Article R4541-6

…fort required, the characteristics of the working environment and the requirements of the activity; 2° Individual risk factors, as defined by joint order of the ministers responsible for labour and ag…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Technical requirements during building and civil engineering works.

Article R4535-2

…ception of operations undertaken by a private individual for his own personal use as referred to in 2° of article L. 4532-7. Similarly, compliance with the provisions of the first and second paragraph…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 16: Hygiene measures.

Article R4534-138

…nd sanitation rules provided for in articles R. 4222-1 to R. 4222-17 and R. 4222-20 to R. 4222-22 ; 2° Rules relating to the thermal environment, cold and bad weather provided for in articles R. 4223-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General measures to prevent chemical risks.

Article R4535-8

…ardous chemical agent s: 1° Scope an d definitions provided for in articles R. 4412-1 to R. 4412-4; 2° Risk assessment provided for in articles R. 4412-5 to R. 4412-8 and article R. 4412-10; 3° Measur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Work carried out off-voltage.

Article R4534-117

…oyer: 1° Does not order work to begin until he has checked that de-energising has been carried out; 2° Visibly indicates that de-energising has been carried out; 3° Protects himself against the accide…

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