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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6262-15

Within fifteen days of receipt of the new deliberation, the territorial audit chamber, if it deems the remedial measures adopted to be sufficient, notifies the State representative, the local authorit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Risk assessment and dust measurement

Article R4412-128

In order to ensure that asbestos fibres are not dispersed into the environment around the work site and adjacent premises, the employer shall check compliance with the value set in Article R. 1334-29-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable on completion of work

Article R4412-140

Prior to any restitution of the area and prior to the removal of any total or partial containment device, the employer shall carry out : 1° An examination including all areas likely to have been pollu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Organisation of work

Article R4412-118

The employer shall determine, taking into account the working conditions, in particular in terms of thermal or hygrometric constraints, postures and efforts: 1° The duration of each shift ; 2° The num…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for intervention

Article R4451-102

Each worker involved in a radiological emergency situation assigned to the first group: 1° Receives information adapted to the radiological emergency situation that has arisen and to the conditions of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Safety data sheet

Article R4461-13

On the site of intervention or hyperbaric work, for each intervention for work or other purposes, the employer draws up a safety sheet on which he indicates : 1° The date and place of the intervention…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Security protocol.

Article R4515-6

For the host company, the safety protocol includes, in particular, the following information: 1° Safety instructions, particularly those relating to the loading or unloading operation; 2° The place of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts

Article R4321-13

Depending on the sector of activity in which they work and the needs they meet, masseur-physiotherapists take part in various educational, preventive, screening, training and supervisory activities. T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4342-7

The orthoptist is authorised, on medical prescription or within the framework of an organisational protocol defined in this section, to take part, under the responsibility of a doctor who is able to c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-21

The date on which the electoral list is drawn up, the opening and closing dates for the submission of candidacies, the date of the election and the deadline for the receipt of postal votes are set, on…

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