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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Checking radiation protection instrumentation

Article R4451-48

…lly check these instruments, devices and dosimeters to ensure that their measurement performance is maintained in accordance with their use. This check is carried out or supervised by the radiation pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L1143-4

In the decision referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 1143-3, the court shall set the time limit within which users of the healthcare system who meet the criteria for inclusion and who wish…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-4

…of the diversification provision unit, up to its minimum value. For the application of article R. 342-3, allocations and reallocations of assets intended to complete the representation of the commitm…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Expertise

Article L512-42

Where the expert opinion has been requested or where it has been decided by the public prosecutor or the investigating or trial court, two experts shall be appointed; one shall be appointed by the pub…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, registration and commencement of business of the company.

Article R743-42

…has not taken the oath within one month of the publication of the order provided for in Article R. 743-31 may, except in cases of force majeure, be stripped of his status as a partner by order of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: The National Enforcement Committee

Article R561-49

I. - The composition of the National Enforcement Committee is communicated to the respondent, who may request that one of its members be challenged if there are serious grounds for doubting the member…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6314-4

…The collectivity of Saint-Martin shall exercise the powers it derives from 1° of I of Article LO 6314-3 in matters of taxes, duties and fees in compliance with the following provisions:1° Natural pers…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: The Standing Conference on Women's Sport

Article D142-40

…s of the economic players in sport, appointed on the recommendation of the Minister for the Economy;4° Three qualified personalities:a) Two personalities with expertise in equality between men and wom…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 612-4

…at least twenty feature-length cinematographic works or twenty audiovisual works and which are not mainly devoted to the programmes mentioned in V of article 1609 sexdecies B of the General Tax Code;…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IX bis: Hearing children in court.

Article 338-4

When the request is made by the minor, the refusal to hear the minor can only be based on his or her lack of discernment or on the fact that the proceedings do not concern him or her. When the request…

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