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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Driving authorisation for the use of certain mobile work equipment or equipment for lifting loads

Article R4323-56

…ued by the employer. The authorisation to operate must be made available to the Labour Inspectorate and to agents of the prevention department of social security organisations. Workers holding this dr…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Appointment.

Article R4623-5

The occupational physician is appointed and assigned with the agreement of the social and economic committee or, in inter-company occupational health and prevention services, with the agreement of the…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Membership

Article R7214-5

If it does not have its own occupational health service, the employer of a caretaker of a residential building or a domestic employee must join an inter-company occupational health service authorised…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3121-51

…collective agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention may: 1° Specify the limits and procedures for carrying over hours from one week to another when a system of individualised work…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Work carried out from a work plan

Article R4323-59

…or securely fixed rigid guardrails of appropriate strength, placed at a height of between one metre and 1.10 m and comprising at least : a) A stop plinth of 10 to 15 cm, depending on the height chosen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Work carried out from a work plan

Article R4323-58

…out from a work surface designed, installed or equipped in such a way as to protect workers' health and safety. The workstation must be such that it allows the work to be carried out under ergonomic c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution.

Article L322-5

Subject to the derogations resulting from this section, insurance and capitalisation undertakings nationalised pursuant to Article 1 of Law no. 46-835 of 25 April 1946 relating to the nationalisation…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification.

Article D325-5

…with article L. 325-1. An order by the Minister for Tourism specifies the procedure to be followed and the format of the application file.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Counterfeiting and other product-related offences

Article L413-5

It is forbidden for any professional to display or offer for sale products marked with false or altered names.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L3221-5

Disparities in pay between establishments in the same company may not, for the same work or for work of equal value, be based on the fact that employees in these establishments belong to one sex or th…

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