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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Additional requirements for mobile work equipment

Article R4324-40

Self-propelled mobile work equipment is fitted with a braking and stopping device. Where safety so requires, particularly in the case of equipment with a heavily loaded braking system, an emergency de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Additional requirements for mobile work equipment

Article R4324-43

Remotely controlled self-propelled mobile work equipment must be fitted with a device enabling it to stop automatically when it leaves the field of control. If it is liable to collide with workers, su…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Additional requirements for mobile work equipment

Article R4324-44

In the event of simultaneous movement of several pieces of self-propelled mobile work equipment running on rails, these pieces of equipment are fitted with means to reduce the consequences of a possib…

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

Article R4323-44

In the event of a partial or complete failure of the power supply, and if the work equipment used to lift non-guided loads cannot hold these loads, measures are taken to avoid exposing workers to the…

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

Article R4323-46

When it exceeds a height set by joint order of the ministers responsible for labour and agriculture, the use in the open air of work equipment used for lifting non-guided loads ceases as soon as the d…

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

Article R4323-40

Where lifting equipment travels on tracks or runways, the ends of these tracks or runways are fitted with devices to reduce shocks at the end of travel.

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

Article R4323-45

It is forbidden to swing loads in order to deposit them at a point which cannot normally be reached by the lifting equipment. It is also forbidden to lift or pull loads at an angle, except with the ai…

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

Article R4323-49

Lifting accessories are stored in such a way that they cannot be damaged or deteriorated. They are withdrawn from service as soon as they show any defect likely to lead to breakage.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Additional requirements for mobile work equipment

Article R4324-41

Mobile work equipment comprising parts which, during work, exceed the clearance gauge must, during transport or movement, be fitted with the necessary devices to hold these parts in a safe position. T…

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

Article R4323-43

When a load has to be lifted simultaneously by two or more pieces of work equipment used for lifting non-guided loads, operating procedures are defined and applied to ensure that operators and operati…

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