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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Enlarged health, safety and working conditions committee

Article L4523-16

Employees of external companies who sit or have sat as staff representatives on an extended health, safety and working conditions committee are bound by an obligation of discretion with regard to info…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company college for safety, health and working conditions.

Article L4532-13

The inter-company safety, health and working conditions committee may define, in particular on a proposal from the coordinator, certain common rules designed to ensure compliance with the safety and h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-16

The director of the inter-company occupational health and prevention service implements, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary occupational health team and under the authority of the chairman, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Enlarged health, safety and working conditions committee

Article L4523-13

The extended Health, Safety and Working Conditions Committee meets at least once a year. It is also convened when a workplace accident occurs in which the victim is an external person working in the e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Enlarged health, safety and working conditions committee

Article L4523-14

The representation of external companies on the extended Health, Safety and Working Conditions Committee depends on the duration and nature of their work and the number of employees working in the est…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company college for safety, health and working conditions.

Article L4532-10

When the number of companies, including self-employed workers and subcontractors, and the number of workers exceed certain thresholds, the project owner will set up an inter-company safety, health and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Suspension and termination of the employment contract or training agreement

Article L4733-10

The refusal decision by the Regional Director of Business, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment may be accompanied by a prohibition on the employer recruiting or taking on new young people…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding.

Article L4743-1

In the event of an infringement of the provisions relating to work by young people and by women who are pregnant, have recently given birth or are breastfeeding, the court may, depending on the circum…

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French Labour CodeIn force
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Article L4711-1

The certificates, instructions, results and reports relating to the checks and inspections for which the employer is responsible in the context of health and safety at work include compulsory informat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Infringements of employee representation rules.

Article L4742-1

…ing or attempting to undermine either the constitution or the free appointment of members of the health, safety and working conditions committee, in particular by disregarding the provisions of Book I…

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