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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Preventive measures and resources

Article R4452-16

When it is not possible to avoid the risks due to exposure to artificial optical radiation by other means, appropriate and suitable personal protective equipment is made available to workers. When the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Principles

Article R4461-16

Breathing compressed air is permitted up to a relative pressure of 6,000 hectopascals. Above 6,000 hectopascals, specific breathing mixtures must be used.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Employee information.

Article R4512-16

Time spent providing information to employees is treated as actual working time.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General characteristics

Article R4462-16

…d are such that, in the event of a pyrotechnic event, the risk of large masses being projected is reduced as much as possible. It also ensures that the materials making up the walls, doors, windows an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of the enlarged committee

Article R4523-16

The minutes of the meetings of the enlarged committee are sent to the people who sit on it and are made available to all external companies.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Examinations, checks and registers.

Article R4534-16

Examinations of equipment, machinery, installations or protective devices are repeated as often as necessary, in particular: 1° After each dismantling or modification, or when one of their parts has b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Duties of the coordinator.

Article R4532-16

The coordinator shall take the necessary steps to ensure that only authorised persons have access to the site.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Organisation of the intervention.

Article R4543-16

…to in article R. 4543-15, the head of the company carrying out the work defines the operating procedures appropriate to the technology of the equipment and its environment. This organisation takes in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Individual health monitoring

Article R4542-16

The employer must provide information and training for workers on how to use the screen and the work equipment in which the screen is integrated. Each worker will receive such training before being as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Periodicity of individual monitoring of workers' state of health

Article R4624-16

The employee will benefit from a renewal of the initial information and prevention visit, carried out by a health professional mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 4624-1, at intervals which…

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