A safeguard procedure is organised which allows : 1° Either to prevent work equipment or means of protection that do not comply with safety obligations and all or some of the technical rules that must be met by each type of work equipment and means of protection from being subjected to the operations mentioned in articles L. 4311-3 and L. 4321-2, to withdraw them from the market and to recall…
Work equipment and means of protection put into service or used in establishments intended to receive workers are equipped, installed, used, adjusted and maintained in such a way as to protect the health and safety of workers, including in the event of changes to such work equipment and means of protection.
It is prohibited to put into service or use work equipment and means of protection which do not comply with the technical design rules set out in Chapter II and the certification procedures set out in Chapter III of Title I.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 4321-2, the use of new work equipment which does not comply with the provisions of Article L. 4311-1 is permitted for demonstration purposes only. The necessary measures, designed to prevent any harm to the health and safety of the workers responsible for the demonstration and persons exposed to the resulting risks, are then implemented. In this case, a warning, the characteristics of which are…
For the application of the provisions of this Title, decrees of the Conseil d’Etat, issued after consultation with the professional organisations of employers and employees concerned, shall determine the organisational measures, conditions of implementation and technical requirements to which the use of work equipment and means of protection subject to the safety obligations defined in Article L. 4321-1 is subject.
The procedures for implementing the decrees of the Conseil d’Etat mentioned in article L. 4321-4 may be defined by conventions or agreements concluded between the administrative authority and representative national professional employers’ organisations.
In the interests of health and safety at work, the manufacture, offering for sale, sale, import, transfer for any purpose whatsoever and use of substances and mixtures dangerous to workers may be limited, regulated or prohibited. Such limitations, regulations or bans may be established even where the use of these substances and preparations is carried out by the employer himself or by self-employed workers.
Decrees in the Council of State, issued after consultation with the employers’ and employees’ professional organisations concerned, shall determine the measures for implementing this chapter and may, in particular, organise special procedures where there is an urgent need to suspend the marketing or use of dangerous substances and mixtures, and lay down the arrangements for compensating workers suffering from ailments caused by these products.
The manufacture, placing on the market and use of substances, on their own, in mixtures or in articles, and the placing on the market of mixtures are subject to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European…
Without prejudice to the application of legal provisions not covered by this Code, sellers or distributors of hazardous substances or mixtures, and employers who use them, shall label these substances or mixtures in accordance with the conditions set out in Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, and by regulation.
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