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Article R4311-6 of the French Labour Code

Any product meeting the following definition is subject to the rules set out in articles R. 4313-7 to R. 4313-11 for the placing on the market of partly completed machinery: An assembly which almost constitutes a machine, but which cannot on its own ensure a defined application. Part-machinery is only intended to be incorporated into or assembled with other machinery or other partly completed machinery or equipment with a view…

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Article R4311-7 of the French Labour Code

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 separate technical units, systems and components therefor, excluding those specially designed for the armed forces, civil defence, fire-fighting services or services responsible for maintaining law and order; 2° Fence energisers; 3° Industrial radiology equipment emitting ionising radiation and used…

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Article R4311-8 of the French Labour Code

Personal protective equipment, to which the design and manufacturing obligations set out in Article L. 4311-1 apply, are devices or means intended to be worn or held by a person in order to protect them against one or more risks likely to threaten their health or safety.

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Article R4311-9 of the French Labour Code

The following are considered to be personal protective equipment, within the meaning of Article R. 4311-8: 1° An assembly consisting of several devices or means, joined together to protect a person against one or more risks likely to be incurred simultaneously; 2° A protective device or means joined together, in a separable or non-separable manner, with non-protective individual equipment, such as work clothing, worn or held by a person in…

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Article R4311-10 of the French Labour Code

Connecting systems used to connect personal protective equipment to a complementary external device, even when these connecting systems are not intended to be worn or held permanently by the user during exposure to the risks, are considered to be an integral part of the personal protective equipment.

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Article R4311-11 of the French Labour Code

The following are not considered to be personal protective equipment within the meaning of Article R. 4311-8: 1° Personal protective equipment designed and manufactured specifically for the armed forces or the maintenance of law and order; 2° Personal protective equipment intended for the protection or safeguarding of persons on board ships or aircraft, and which is not worn permanently; 3° Equipment for self-defence against aggression, such as aerosol dispensers and…

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Article R4311-12 of the French Labour Code

Machinery and personal protective equipment subject to the relevant technical rules of Annexes I and II to this Title respectively, when designed and constructed in accordance with the standards listed in the collection of national standards, the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be deemed to satisfy the rules of the Annexes, dealt with by those standards.

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Article R4312-1-1 of the French Labour Code

Agricultural or forestry tractors and their separate technical units, systems or components are subject to Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on type-approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles, under the conditions defined in Article 2.3 of this Regulation, and to Decree No 2005-1236 of 30 September 2005 on the rules, requirements and procedures applicable to agricultural or…

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