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Article R4324-15 of the French Labour Code

All machinery must be fitted with one or more emergency stop devices which are clearly identifiable, accessible and sufficient in number to prevent hazardous situations which are likely to occur or which are in the process of occurring.
The following are excluded from this obligation:
1° Machinery for which an emergency stop device would not be able to reduce the risk, either because it would not reduce the time needed to come to a normal stop, or because it would not allow the specific measures required by the risk to be taken;
2° Portable and hand-guided machinery.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article R4324-15


Chaque machine est munie d’un ou de plusieurs dispositifs d’arrêt d’urgence clairement identifiables, accessibles et en nombre suffisant, permettant d’éviter des situations dangereuses risquant ou en train de se produire.
Sont exclues de cette obligation :
1° Les machines pour lesquelles un dispositif d’arrêt d’urgence ne serait pas en mesure de réduire le risque, soit parce qu’il ne réduirait pas le temps d’obtention de l’arrêt normal, soit parce qu’il ne permettrait pas de prendre les mesures particulières nécessitées par le risque ;
2° Les machines portatives et les machines guidées à la main.

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