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3. Regulatory framework, audits, registers, recommendations
3.1 Regulatory framework
Tower cranes fall within the scope of European Directive 2006/42/EC of May 17, 2006 on the design of work equipment, known as the "Machinery Directive". This directive sets out the technical rules governing the design of machines, which have been transposed into Appendix 1 of Article R. 4312–1 of the French Labor Code. As a result, their application is mandatory.
Tower cranes are subject to the CE self-certification procedure. This means that it is the person responsible for placing the machine on the market who declares, under his own responsibility, that his machines conform to the technical rules applicable to them.
The conformity of machines to these rules is evidenced by the CE marking applied to the equipment,...
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Bibliography
- Guide technique du 18 novembre 2014 relatif aux opérations de modification des machines en service, - https://travail-emploi.gouv.fr/publications/picts/bo/20141130/TRE_20140011_0110 _0001.pdf (2014)....
Standards and norms
- Overhead load hoists – Security – Tower cranes - NF EN 14439+A2 - Juillet 2009
- Overhead load hoists – Steel cables – Care and maintenance, inspection and removal - NF ISO 4309 - Janvier 2018
- Machine safety – Safety-related parts of control systems – Part 1: General design principles [cancelled 1er September 2012] - NF EN 954-1 - Février 1997
- Machine safety – Safety-related parts of control systems...
Regulations
Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 17, 2006 on machinery, amending Directive 95//EC (Machinery Directive).
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council No. 98/37/EEC of June 22, 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery (replaced by Directive 2006/42/SC of December 29, 2009).
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OPPBTP (Professional organization for building and public works)
FFB (French Building Federation)
FNTP (National Federation of Public Works)
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Calculation tool for determining the out-of-service wind applied to a crane (INRS)
https://www.inrs.fr/dms/inrs/CatalogueOutil/TI-outil54/outil-calcul-vent-outil54.zip
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