Brit Contracts Brit to Scaffold his FRENCH house... Should I Tell Him?

A Local is having UK scaffolding erected by an English scaffolding firm… So I thought I would look into this since I can see all sorts of legal complications under the French rules governing scaffolding safety have been tightened as a result of the introduction of new regulations for working at height introduced before Brexit… UK 50mm tube scaffolding is not used in France Qualification is required to be legal and affiliation with an association to be insured The truck was a RHD French registered UK Scaffolders truck No Company sign with emergency contact or even Siret number Insurance! There is no existing product safety directive for scaffolding, despite the fact that there are directives for other products less dangerous than or as dangerous as scaffolding. However, there are noncompulsory standards EN 12810-1-2 and EN 12811-1-2-3-4 for scaffolding, which would form the basis of the essential requirements contained in a directive if it were created. Insurance companies do insist tho
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