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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Amendment procedures

Article R1322-12

The holder of an operating licence must declare to the Prefect any project to modify the installations and operating conditions mentioned in the prefectoral authorisation order and send him all the in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-12

…cation of Article L. 561-5-1, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall: 1° Before entering into a business relationship, collect and analyse the information necessary to understand the purpose…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Risk assessment and dust measurement

Article R4412-128

In order to ensure that asbestos fibres are not dispersed into the environment around the work site and adjacent premises, the employer shall check compliance with the value set in Article R. 1334-29-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope of application

Article R4412-125

The provisions of this sub-section apply to the work mentioned in 1° of Article R. 4412-94.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Risk assessment and dust measurement

Article R4412-126

…st generated by each work process in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of subsection 2. To this end, it shall implement a programme for measuring the levels of dust generated by its proces…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title V ter : Procedure for preliminary rulings by the administrative courts

Article 126-14

…t is seised of a preliminary question raised by an administrative court, the clerk's office summons to the hearing, at least one month in advance and by registered letter with acknowledgement of recei…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title V ter : Procedure for preliminary rulings by the administrative courts

Article 126-15

…ion promptly. The judgment is rendered in the first and last instance. The time limit for appealing to the Supreme Court is fifteen days from notification of the judgment.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1200-1

…for more than two years, the Children's Judge shall, under the same conditions, summon the parties to a hearing at least every three years.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1258-2

…e of full age or emancipated minors on the date the mandate was drawn up; 2° The procedures for monitoring the agent's activity are formally provided for; 3° The lawyer has countersigned the mandate w…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1258-3

…the mandate, mentions at the end of the deed that it takes effect from the date of its presentation to the court clerk's office, endorses it and returns it to the agent, together with the documents pr…

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