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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article D3321-2

For the application of 20° of article L. 3321-1, the constitution of provisions for risks and charges and for depreciation of assets is mandatory as soon as the risk arises.The chairman of the departm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Rural equipment support

Article R3232-1-4

The technical assistance is monitored and evaluated by a committee which draws up an annual activity report made available to the public in dematerialised form by the department.The committee includes…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Green Spaces Agency.

Article R4413-4

The term of office for directors is three years. However, the term of office of the members of the Board of Directors elected by the Regional Council and the Regional Economic, Social and Environmenta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific pollution rooms

Article R4222-12

Emissions in the form of gases, vapours, aerosols of solid or liquid particles, or substances that are unhealthy, annoying or dangerous to workers' health are eliminated, including by the use of humid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R4216-2-3

A level of a workplace is exempt from the obligation to have safe waiting areas or equivalent spaces when it meets one of the following conditions: 1° It is located on the ground floor and has a suffi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: General provisions

Article R4226-6

New permanent electrical installations, additions or structural modifications to existing permanent electrical installations and temporary electrical installations are carried out in accordance with t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions applicable to work equipment used for lifting loads

Article R4323-41

The operating position of a piece of lifting equipment must be arranged in such a way that the driver can follow with his eyes the manoeuvres performed by the moving parts of the equipment. When the d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to potential situations of exposure to an orphan radioactive source

Article R4451-60

In establishments such as facilities for the recovery or recycling of metals, incineration centres, landfill sites and places characterised by large flows of transport and movement of goods, where orp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Special provisions applicable to magnetic resonance imaging equipment intended for patient care in the health sector or for research in this field, governing the exceeding of exposure limit values relating to effects on health

Article R4453-32

The application for authorisation must include : 1° The name and registered office of the company and the address of the establishment; 2° The name and address of the occupational health service to wh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Prevention plan.

Article R4512-8

The measures provided for in the prevention plan include at least the following provisions: 1° The definition of dangerous phases of activity and the corresponding specific means of prevention; 2° The…

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