Section 7: Administrative provisions

For the application of this chapter to the establishments mentioned in articles R. 8111-9 and R. 8111-12, the Minister of Defence and the authorities he designates for this purpose are substituted for the Minister responsible for labour and the regional directors of companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment. For the application of this chapter to gendarmerie, police and civil security establishments, the Minister of the Interior and the authorities he…

I.-Each of the safety studies provided for in article R. 4462-3, to which is attached the report of the consultation of the social and economic committee, is submitted for approval to the regional director of companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment or to the authority which replaces him pursuant to articles R. 8111-8 and R. 4462-29, and gives rise to consultation of the armaments inspector for powders and explosives. II…

The employer shall report as soon as possible any pyrotechnic event occurring in the course of its activities to the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment or to the authority which replaces him in application of articles R. 8111-8 and R. 4462-29, and to the Armaments Inspectorate in the case of gunpowder and explosives.

I.-In the case of a multi-employer pyrotechnic site as defined in Article R. 4462-2, the site’s pyrotechnic activities may only be carried out on the basis of an agreement drawn up and concluded by the various employers present. This agreement defines, in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and all the legislative and regulatory provisions applicable to the activities of the multi-employer pyrotechnic site, the organisation set up on…

For the application of this chapter, the Regional Director for Enterprise, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment or the authority that replaces him pursuant to Articles R. 8111-8 and R. 4462-29 receives assistance from the Ministry of Defence’s weapons inspector for powders and explosives. The latter, in agreement with the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment or with the authorities that have replaced him, carries out…

The employer shall draw up a safety file and keep it constantly up to date, adding to it on the basis of lessons learned from pyrotechnic events and any observations or information that may be relevant to safety. This file includes 1° The safety studies prescribed in article R. 4462-3 , together with the results of any tests required to draw them up; 2° The safety analyses referred to in…

The safety file provided for in article R. 4462-34 is kept by the employer at the disposal of the regional director of companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment or the authority which replaces him in application of articles R. 8111-8 and R. 4462-29, agents responsible for monitoring labour legislation, prevention engineers, the occupational health service, the prevention services of social security bodies and social and economic committees. Persons who have…

I.-On receipt of a reasoned request from the employer specifying the compensatory measures he is planning, the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment or the authority which replaces him pursuant to articles R. 8111-8 and R. 4462-29 may, by decision taken after consulting the weapons inspector for powders and explosives, grant, for one or more specific installations, and under the conditions which he lays down, a derogation…