4. Risk prevention within the framework of the French Labor Code

4.1 Principle of risk prevention

Law no. 91-1414 of December 31, 1991 essentially transposed the text of European Directive no. 89/391/EC of June 12, 1989, known as the "Framework Directive", which defines the fundamental principles of worker protection and places occupational risk assessment at the heart of prevention.

In the field of maintenance, a number of decrees relating to safety in the workplace and applying the principle of prevention with upstream risk assessment are intended to...