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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Applicable certification procedure and technical design and construction rules applicable to second-hand work equipment referred to in 1°, 3°, 4° and 5° of Article R. 233-83 and to second-hand safety components referred to in Article R. 233-83-2

Article R233-89-1

However, the above-mentioned machines which were in conformity with the technical rules applicable during the transitional period defined by Article 6 of Decree no. 92-767 of 29 July 1992 when they we…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Applicable certification procedure and technical design and construction rules applicable to second-hand work equipment referred to in 1°, 3°, 4° and 5° of Article R. 233-83 and to second-hand safety components referred to in Article R. 233-83-2

Article R233-89-1-1

…h comply with the requirements applicable to them respectively by virtue of amended decrees no. 47-1592 of 23 August 1947, no. 65-48 of 8 January 1965, no. 86-594 of 14 March 1986, no. 89-78 of 7 Febr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Roads

Article L4433-24-1

…the end of the consultation, which may not exceed nine months from the entry into force of law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 on local freedoms and responsibilities, a decree designates the departmen…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 21: Hygiene of products, foodstuffs and animal feed mentioned in 6° of Article L. 412-1

Article R412-37

…the Code de la Consommation (French Consumer Code) apply to 2° The provisions of Articles 1, 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9 and 23 of, and Annex II to, Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension of employment

Article R6152-814

Practitioners governed by sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this chapter, who were born on or after 1st January 1955 and who are in active employment at the time of their application, may be authorised,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 5: Accession of a syndicate to a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation.

Article L5212-32

…f the union, given under the majority conditions provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 5212-2.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-68

…l persons governed by private law likely to be the subject of the requests mentioned in Article R. 15-33-67 are: 1° Electronic communications operators as defined in Article L. 34-1 of the French Post…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Property and property investment by public health institutions

Article L6148-4

…le L. 6148-2, as well as the partnership contracts concluded in application of title I of order no. 2004-559 of 17 June 2004, respect the objectives of the regional or inter-regional health plan when…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article R261-2

For the application of Article R. 15-33-68, 1° and 4° of this article are worded as follows: "1° Electronic communications operators as well as the legal persons providing services mentioned by the lo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: CARE AND RECOVERY PROCEDURES

Article R572-1

Without prejudice to the second paragraph of Article 11-1 of Decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004, the authority competent to determine the State responsible for examining an asylum application and to…

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