Subsection 5: Certification

The certification of inter-company occupational health and prevention services provided for in Article L. 4622-9-3 is issued by a certifying body accredited by the French Accreditation Committee or by another accreditation body covered by Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 laying down the requirements for accreditation and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 339/93, which is a signatory to a multilateral…

The period for which certification is awarded to the inter-company occupational health and safety service depends on the levels of certification corresponding respectively to a list of factual, non-discriminatory, explicit and reproducible criteria, defined in the specifications referred to in Article D. 4622-47-4. Services applying for certification are subject to on-site audits under conditions defined in these specifications. The certifier body which refuses certification must give the reasons for its…

The principles and reference systems mentioned in the last paragraph of Article L. 4622-9-3 are set out and implemented, in application of the provisions of this sub-section, in specifications laid down by an order of the Minister responsible for labour. This order specifies in particular: 1° The procedures for accreditation of the certification bodies mentioned in article D. 4622-47-2 ; 2° The procedures, method and conditions for issuing certification for…

The Director General for Labour and the competent Regional Director for the Economy, Employment, Labour and Solidarity may at any time, on their own initiative or at the request of the members of the National Committee for Prevention and Health at Work or the Regional Committee for Prevention and Health at Work: 1° Request an activity report or any additional document or information relating to certification from the certifier body;…

The Directorate General for Labour informs the National Committee for Prevention and Health at Work of work relating to the development and implementation of certification, which may, where appropriate, as part of its duties under 2°, 3° and 4° of Article L. 4641-2-1, make proposals for changes to the principles or procedures for certification.