Act No.78-1183 of 20 December 1978 to supplement the provisions of the Code of the Communes for the purpose of setting up health and safety committees Jurisdiction France Year 1978 Published in French Original/other title [French] Loi n°78-1183 du 20 décembre 1978 complétant les dispositions du Code des communes en vue d'instituer des comités d'hygične et de sécurité. Serial title Journal officiel de la République française Source 22 Dec. 1978, Vol.110, No.298, p.4230-4231. Descriptors [Primary] France, community services, plant health services, safety and health committees [Secondary] law, plant safety and health organization Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work Abstract This Act prescribes the establishment of a safety and health committee in communes and communal administrative public establishments with a staff of more than 50 persons. In the case of bodies to which the above does not apply, an inter-communal health and safety commission may be set up. Provisions concerning the membership, convocation, powers and duties of these bodies. The Act also makes provision for the establishment of an occupational medical service for communes and communal and inter-communal public administrative establishments, or the possibility of becoming affiliated to a joint service shared by 2 or more undertakings or communes. CIS No. 79-1471 Database ID 31857