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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

…rk 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, cables, strap…

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

Article R4313-78

…re movable blades during cutting, having an integral feed device, with manual loading or unloading; 2° Hand-fed surface planing machines for woodworking; 3° One-side planing machines with a built-in f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R4313-19

…which, if found not to conform, would be likely to expose the persons concerned to a serious risk ; 2° The results of examinations or tests, even destructive ones, when required by the state of the ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4216-9

…mber of people calculated as follows: 1° The number of people is rounded up to the nearest hundred; 2° The number of people is increased by 10% per metre or fraction of a metre beyond a depth of two m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R4216-2

…upants or their delayed evacuation, where this is made necessary, in conditions of maximum safety ; 2° Access from outside and intervention by the emergency services and fire-fighters; 3° Limiting the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Requirements relating to the design and installation of electrical installations

Article R4215-13

…gned and built in such a way as to ensure both: 1° Accessibility to equipment and ease of movement; 2° Protection against electric shock; 3° Prevention of the risk of burns and fire; 4° Prevention of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Requirements relating to the design and installation of electrical installations

Article R4215-3

…ich are subject to special requirements laid down in Articles R. 4226-9, R. 4226-10 and R. 4226-11 ;2° In the event of an insulation fault, no earth presents, with another earth or a conducting elemen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4227-6

…1° Doors likely to be used to evacuate more than fifty people must open in the direction of exit; 2° Doors forming part of the regulatory clearances must open by simple operation; 3° Any locked door…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Maintenance, servicing and checks

Article R4224-17-1

…to R. 134-13 of the Construction and Housing Code relating to maintenance and technical inspection ;2° The provisions of articles R. 134-2 to R. 134-5 of the Code de la Construction et de l'Habitation…

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