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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Intervention procedures and methods, emergency procedures and hyperbaric safety manual

Article R4461-7

The employer shall draw up a hyperbaric safety manual for each of its establishments, taking into account the results of the risk assessment recorded in the single document provided for in Article R.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Prevention plan.

Article R4512-7

The prevention plan must be drawn up in writing and approved before the work begins in the following two cases: 1° Whenever the operation to be carried out by the external companies, including any sub…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Coordination of prevention.

Article R4511-7

The purpose of the general coordination of preventive measures is to prevent risks arising from interference between the activities, installations and equipment of different companies present in the s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Inspections and periodic coordination meetings.

Article R4513-7

The head of the user undertaking shall check with the heads of the external undertakings that they have given the workers instructions appropriate to the risks associated with the presence of several…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: User company health, safety and working conditions committee.

Article R4514-7

Where there may be risks associated with interference between the activities, installations and equipment of different companies, the social and economic committee of the user company shall, as part o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of external companies and their representatives.

Article R4523-7

The head of the user undertaking establishment shall rank the list of external undertakings meeting the criteria defined in Article R. 4523-6 in order of relevance. He shall mention the companies he i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exemptions.

Article R4533-7

Exemptions granted by the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment are subject to the implementation of compensatory health and safety measures. They are issued…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Storage and site lighting.

Article R4534-7

Materials on the site are stacked and arranged in such a way as not to endanger workers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: First and second category operations.

Article R4532-70

Before any work is carried out on the site, the contractor in charge of the main work or the main lot, as well as any contractor called upon to carry out work presenting particular risks included in t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article R4524-7

The inter-company occupational health and safety committee is chaired by the regional director of companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment or his representative. When the risk exposu…

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