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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Signage and lighting.

Article R4534-55

Shaft and gallery openings with an incline of more than 45° are suitably marked at night.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Signage and lighting.

Article R4534-58

Except in galleries with sufficient fixed lighting, vehicles are fitted with a headlamp capable of illuminating a distance at least equal to the stopping distance of the vehicle or convoy.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Signage and lighting.

Article R4534-59

Where underground sites are lit electrically, workers are provided with emergency lighting to be used in the event of a power cut for the time required to evacuate the site.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks

Article R1322-44-5

The costs of sampling and analysis for the monitoring and health control of natural mineral water provided for in this sub-section are set according to the procedures mentioned in the second paragraph…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for authorisation

Article D3512-9-5

I.-The application for approval, accompanied by the information and documents listed in Annex I to Decree No. 2016-1139 of 22 August 2016, shall be sent by the head of the laboratory to the public est…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical certificate and health questionnaire

Article D231-1-5

The sports that present particular constraints within the meaning of Article L. 231-2-3 are listed below: 1° Sports practised in a specific environment:-underwater diving, including underground diving…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
2. Steering Committee

Article R1142-50

The Policy Board may, on the initiative of its Chairman or at least one third of its members, hear any person or authority with competence in the fields mentioned in article R. 1142-51 and likely to e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Generic specialities

Article R5121-5-2

Except where there is a risk to patients' health, the proprietary medicinal products mentioned in b of 5° of Article L. 5121-1 which are presented in a modified-release oral pharmaceutical form differ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body for their own research programmes

Article R1243-50

Where the activities referred to in article R. 1243-49 are carried out in separate locations, the organisation may submit several declarations, determining the scope covered by each of them.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body for their own research programmes

Article R1243-55

Any change in the information contained in the declaration file that is likely to result in a substantial change in the conditions under which the declared activities are carried out, in particular a…

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