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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Accommodation

Article R4228-31

The floors and walls of the accommodation allow for efficient maintenance and are renewed whenever cleanliness is required.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-31

…nt technical rules, it shall draw up an EC type-examination certificate. The certificate shall reproduce the conclusions of the examination, indicate any conditions attached to it and include the desc…

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

Article R4324-31

…ue beyond that limit. Such protective structures are not required where the equipment is stabilised during use or where the design of the equipment makes overturning or tipping impossible.

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

Article R4323-31

People may only be lifted using work equipment and accessories designed for this purpose.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control of occupational exposure limit values

Article R4412-31

…rements and technical checks carried out in application of this paragraph must comply with the procedures and methods laid down in application of Article R. 4412-151.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Terms and conditions of access

Article R4451-31

Access by a worker classified in an orange or red controlled zone is subject to individual authorisation issued by the employer. Access to the red controlled zone is exceptional and is recorded by nam…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Worker monitoring and individual health monitoring

Article R4452-31

The health professional referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 4624-1 shall, for each worker likely to be exposed to artificial optical radiation in excess of the exposure limit values defin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Special provisions applicable to magnetic resonance imaging equipment intended for patient care in the health sector or for research in this field, governing the exceeding of exposure limit values relating to effects on health

Article R4453-31

The employer shall apply to the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment for authorisation to exceed the exposure limit values relating to health effects, under…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-31

The employer shall report as soon as possible any pyrotechnic event occurring in the course of its activities to the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employmen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Open-cast earthworks.

Article R4534-31

In order to prevent spoil, materials, tools or objects of any kind from falling into trenches more than 1.30 metres deep, the trenches must be surrounded by plinths at least 15 centimetres high or hav…

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