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Article L4311-7 of the French Labour Code

For the application of the provisions of this Title, decrees in the Council of State, issued after consultation with the employers’ and employees’ professional organisations concerned, shall determine :

1° The work equipment and means of protection subject to the safety obligations defined in Article L. 4311-1 ;

2° The technical rules to be met by each type of work equipment and means of protection, as provided for in Chapter II;

3° The procedures for certification of conformity with the technical rules to which manufacturers, importers and dealers are subject, depending on the type of work equipment and means of protection, as well as the guarantees from which they benefit, as set out in Chapter III;

4° The conditions under which the administrative authority empowered to check conformity may ask the manufacturer or importer, in application of Article L. 4313-1, to provide technical documentation;

5° The conditions under which the safeguard procedure provided for in Article L. 4314-2 is organised;

6° The conditions under which compliance with standards is deemed to satisfy the technical rules and the conditions under which some of them may be made compulsory.

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Article L4311-7

Pour l’application des dispositions du présent titre, des décrets en Conseil d’Etat, pris après avis des organisations professionnelles d’employeurs et de salariés intéressées, déterminent :

1° Les équipements de travail et les moyens de protection soumis aux obligations de sécurité définies à l’article L. 4311-1 ;

2° Les règles techniques auxquelles satisfait chaque type d’équipement de travail et de moyen de protection, prévues au chapitre II ;

3° Les procédures de certification de conformité aux règles techniques auxquelles sont soumis les fabricants, importateurs et cédants, selon le type d’équipement de travail et de moyen de protection, ainsi que les garanties dont ils bénéficient prévues au chapitre III ;

4° Les conditions dans lesquelles l’autorité administrative habilitée à contrôler la conformité peut demander au fabricant ou à l’importateur, en application de l’article L. 4313-1, communication d’une documentation technique ;

5° Les conditions dans lesquelles est organisée la procédure de sauvegarde prévue à l’article L. 4314-2 ;

6° Les conditions dans lesquelles le respect de normes est réputé satisfaire aux règles techniques ainsi que celles dans lesquelles certaines d’entre elles peuvent être rendues obligatoires.

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