For the application of this Title, when the substances or mixtures mentioned in article L. 4411-1 are used mainly in agricultural establishments and farms, the powers of the Minister for Labour are exercised by the Minister for Agriculture.
The rules for classifying, labelling and packaging hazardous substances and mixtures are 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.
Substances and mixtures are considered to be hazardous if they meet the classification criteria relating to physical, health or environmental hazards set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008.
The body referred to in article L. 4411-4 is designated by order of the ministers responsible for health, labour, the environment and agriculture. This order sets out the technical details of the body’s mission.
Subject to the provisions of articles R. 4411-44 and R. 4411-45, the nature of and procedures for declaring the information which must be supplied to the body mentioned in article R. 4411-42 in application of the provisions of article L. 4411-4 on dangerous substances or mixtures intended for use in establishments employing workers, as well as the procedures for accessing this information, are laid down by Chapters I and II…
The body referred to in Article L. 4411-4 is empowered to provide any person who so requests and who is interested in the protection of workers, in particular the occupational physician and members of health and safety committees for working conditions, with the information it holds relating to: 1° The hazards of a substance or mixture containing it ; 2° The precautions to be taken in its use, storage, transport…
The body referred to in Article L. 4411-4 is authorised to provide the labour inspection officers referred to in Article L. 8112-1, the labour inspection doctors referred to in Article L. 8112-1, to an occupational physician designated by the Caisse centrale de mutualité agricole, to the prevention engineers or regional technicians of the regional directorates for companies, competition, consumption, work and employment, to the consultant engineers of the occupational health…
The body referred to in article L. 4411-4 and the administrative authorities shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the information in their possession which has been reported to them as falling within the scope of business secrecy is accessible only to persons whom they have explicitly authorised to keep it and who are bound by professional secrecy.
The supplier of a hazardous substance or mixture shall provide the recipient of that substance or mixture with a safety data sheet that complies with the requirements of Title IV and Annex II 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, establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council…
In the event of an emergency caused by a serious danger to workers, the Minister responsible for labour may, by order, limit, regulate or prohibit the marketing or use, for whatever purpose, as well as the employment of a dangerous substance or mixture, without seeking the opinion of the Conseil d’orientation des conditions de travail. The period of validity of the order may not exceed six non-renewable months. It may,…
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