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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Characteristics of workplaces

Article R4224-7

Tanks, basins and reservoirs are constructed, installed and protected in such a way as to ensure the safety of workers. Their installation or, failing that, their protective devices are such that they…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Non-specific pollution rooms

Article R4222-7

Rooms reserved for traffic and rooms that are only occupied occasionally may be ventilated via adjacent rooms with non-specific pollution to which they open.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: General provisions

Article R4226-7

Electrical installations and the electrical equipment they contain are monitored and serviced at the appropriate times.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4227-7

Sliding, revolving or upward-opening doors do not qualify as emergency doors. They are not considered as regulatory clearances. However, power-operated sliding doors which, in the event of failure of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4216-7

No projection or deposit may reduce the regulation width of the clearances. However, fixed fixtures and fittings are permitted up to a maximum height of 1.10 metres, provided they do not project more…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Disabled workers

Article R4225-7

Appropriate sanitary facilities are provided for disabled workers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Lighting

Article R4223-7

Workstations located inside workplaces are protected from the sun's harmful rays either by the design of openings or by appropriate fixed or mobile protection.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3 : Other work equipment to which provisions for placing on the market apply

Article R4311-7

Work equipment to which design and construction obligations other than those laid down for the placing on the market of machinery apply is the following:1° Agricultural or forestry tractors, and separ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : The EC quality assurance system for supervised production

Article R4313-72

Where the notified body concludes that the approved quality assurance system has been applied incorrectly, it may, depending on the seriousness of the defects found: - either request the necessary mod…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery and other work equipment

Article R4313-79

An assembly of machinery consisting of the assembly of a machine or tractor with interchangeable equipment is not required to satisfy the conformity certification procedure applicable to that assembly…

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