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1. Source of law applicable to maintenance
The texts of interest to maintenance managers vary widely: European directives, European regulations, laws, decrees, ministerial, prefectoral or municipal orders, administrative circulars, standards, general terms and conditions of sale or purchase...
They can be divided into three categories:
texts issued by political authorities (European bodies, French Parliament, government, prefect, mayor); these are legal texts;
other texts of various origins: government departments, standards bodies, professional associations, for example; what they have in common is their professional nature;
the contract, which constitutes the private "law" of the parties.
1.1 Legal...
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Source of law applicable to maintenance
Persons criminally liable within the company
Standards and norms
Standards catalog
Readers are referred to the article "Maintenance standards and regulations".
None of the standards cited in this article is mandatory, but they are useful for the maintenance manager, who can find best practices, definitions and French / English / German / Italian translations.
Legal scope of standards
Most standards are not mandatory...
Directory
AFIM – French association of maintenance engineers and managers
An association under the law of 1901, the AFIM brings together 1,500 members from 1,100 companies and organizations in 22 regions, covering a wide range of industrial, building and service maintenance activities.
Its mission is to promote and develop maintenance-related professions.
It offers vocational...
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