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

Article R4534-18

…e for the examinations to be carried out by a competent person appointed for this purpose. The name and position of this person shall be recorded in a safety register. This register is kept at the wor…

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

Article R4534-9

Areas where work is being carried out, and access to them, must be adequately lit.

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

Article R4534-8

It is forbidden to leave boards with protruding points abandoned on the site.

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

Article R4534-15

All equipment, machinery, installations and protective devices of any kind used on a worksite are examined before being put into service or recommissioned to ensure that they comply with the provision…

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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
Subsection 4: Examinations, checks and registers.

Article R4534-20

The register of observations is kept at the disposal of the Labour Inspectorate, the Occupational Physician, agents of the Organisme Professionnel de Prévention du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Footbridges and stairways.

Article R4534-84

Staircases that are not fitted with permanent handrails are edged on the empty side with guardrails and skirting boards.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Footbridges and stairways.

Article R4534-81

Gangway floors comply with the provisions relating to work platform floors.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Footbridges and stairways.

Article R4534-83

When footbridges are slippery due to ice, frost or snow, measures are taken to prevent slipping.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Footbridges and stairways.

Article R4534-82

Gangways and other installations on which people walk are fitted with guardrails at a height of 90 centimetres and skirting boards at least 15 centimetres high, or with any other protective device of…

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