Article L4532-4 of the French Labour Code
November 6, 2023
The project owner appoints a health and safety coordinator for each or all of the design and construction phases.
The project owner appoints a health and safety coordinator for each or all of the design and construction phases.
Except in the cases provided for in Article L. 4532-7, the provisions necessary to ensure that the persons responsible for coordination have the authority and resources required to perform their duties are determined by contract, in particular by project management contracts.
The involvement of the coordinator does not alter the nature or extent of the responsibilities incumbent, under the other provisions of this code, on each of the participants in building and civil engineering operations.
For building or civil engineering operations undertaken by a private individual for his personal use, that of his spouse, partner in a civil solidarity pact, cohabitee or his ascendants or descendants, coordination is ensured: 1° In the case of operations subject to planning permission, by the person responsible for project management during the design, study and project development phase, and by the person who actually manages the site during the…
When several companies are called upon to work on a site which is either subject to the prior declaration provided for in article L. 4532-1, or requires the execution of one or more of the works included in a list of works involving particular risks determined by order of the ministers responsible for labour and agriculture, the project owner shall have a general health and safety coordination plan drawn up…
On sites subject to the obligation to draw up a general co-ordination plan, each company, including sub-contracting companies, called upon to intervene at any time during the work, draws up a specific health and safety protection plan before the work begins. This plan is communicated to the coordinator. Any company called upon to carry out work on its own, the duration and volume of which exceed certain thresholds, shall also…
When the number of companies, including self-employed workers and subcontractors, and the number of workers exceed certain thresholds, the project owner will set up an inter-company safety, health and working conditions committee.
The opinions expressed by workers employed on the site in the performance of their duties within the inter-company college may not be used as grounds for sanction or dismissal.
The project owner and the contractor who intends to subcontract part of the work shall include in the contracts concluded with the contractors or subcontractors respectively the obligation to participate in an inter-company safety, health and working conditions committee.
The inter-company safety, health and working conditions committee may define, in particular on a proposal from the coordinator, certain common rules designed to ensure compliance with the safety and health protection measures applicable to the worksite. It checks that all the rules prescribed either by itself or by the coordinator are actually implemented.
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