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Showing 61316140 of 49266 articles for Art. 2 juill. 2003 + Cass. 3e civ.

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inspection and maintenance of facilities

Article R4222-22

…he methods for measuring concentration, flow rate, capture, filtration and purification efficiency; 2° The nature and frequency of inspections of the installations mentioned in this chapter.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval and supervision of pre-orientation and vocational education centres

Article R5213-27

The pre-orientation centres defined in article R. 5213-2 and the vocational education or re-education centres defined in 1° to 3° of article R. 5213-9 are approved by the Regional Prefect.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Resources collected by Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article R6333-2

…l training account, of additional rights associated with the resources mentioned in article L. 6333-2 is subject to receipt of the corresponding resources by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title I: Insurance distribution

Article R511-2

…s carry out distribution in accordance with the procedures mentioned in b or c of II of article L. 521-2 ;2° Les agents généraux d'assurance, personnes physiques ou personnes morales, titulaires d'un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5211-23

…on the market until the packaging, which may not be reused, is opened with a view to implantation ; 2° Eliminate or reduce as far as possible the risks linked to their physical characteristics, to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 17: Conditions for authorisation of individually prepared advanced therapy medicinal products

Article R5121-210

…des produits de santé and which includes :1° The name of the medicinal product and its composition ;2° A summary of the information relating to the product, the draft labelling and package leaflet;3°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: General measures for the protection of business secrecy before civil or commercial courts

Article L153-2

Any person having access to a document or to the content of a document considered by the judge to be covered or likely to be covered by business secrecy shall be bound by an obligation of confidential…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-27

…ce of a professional agreement made mandatory within three months of the promulgation of the loi n° 2016-925 du 7 juillet 2016 relative à la liberté de la création, à l'architecture et au patrimoine,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-29

The convicted person may appeal against the decision authorising the execution of the confiscation in France. The person who holds the property that is the subject of the confiscation order or any oth…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 800-2

At the request of the person concerned, any court that dismisses a case, discharges the accused, acquits the accused or makes any decision other than a conviction or a declaration that the accused is…

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