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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles of prevention.

Article L4531-1

…the project manager and the health and safety coordinator mentioned in article L. 4532-4 implement, during the design, study and development phase of the project and during the construction of the wor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prior declaration.

Article L4532-1

When the planned duration or volume of work on a building or civil engineering project exceeds certain thresholds, the project owner must submit a prior declaration before the work begins: 1° To the a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Health and safety coordination and coordinator.

Article L4532-2

Workers' health and safety must be coordinated on any building or civil engineering site involving several self-employed workers or companies, including subcontractors, in order to prevent the risks a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection.

Article L4623-4

Any dismissal of an occupational physician envisaged by the employer is submitted for the opinion of either the social and economic committee, the inter-company social and economic committee or the in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-1-1

…he monitoring of the state of health of workers in identical jobs is pooled in accordance with procedures defined by decree.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-2

…her colleagues or third parties in the immediate work environment will benefit from enhanced individual health monitoring. This monitoring includes in particular a medical examination to assess fitne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-2-3

After maternity leave or an absence from work justified by incapacity resulting from illness or accident and meeting the conditions set by decree, the employee is entitled to a resumption examination…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medical surveillance of specific categories of workers.

Article L4625-3

…eturn for a contribution, the amount of which is set by extended collective branch agreement, individual employers join an occupational health and prevention service. The joint association mentioned i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of risks of exposure to ionising radiation.

Article L4451-3

…of workers is bound by professional secrecy under the penalties and conditions set out in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code, with regard to data covered by secrecy which has been com…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Coordination of prevention.

Article L4522-1

…mpany or a self-employed worker is called upon to carry out work which may present particular risks due to its nature or the proximity of this installation, the manager of the user company and the man…

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