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Showing 481490 of 46132 articles for Art. 7 December 2000 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 July 2001

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Work platforms.

Article R4534-77

…s supporting their floors comply with the characteristics laid down for scaffolding in Articles R. 4323-69 et seq.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Work platforms.

Article R4534-79

Work platform guardrails are securely fixed to the inside of the uprights.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Work platforms.

Article R4534-76

Work platforms are established on solid parts of the building. Platforms used to carry out work inside buildings are supported on crossbeams resting on joists. They may not be supported on infill slab…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Work platforms.

Article R4534-78

Work platforms are fitted on the outside with: 1° Guardrails consisting of two rails, one one metre and the other 45 centimetres above the floor; 2° Skirting boards at least 15 centimetres high. Howev…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Work platforms.

Article R4534-75

…to reduce as far as possible, given existing conditions, the risks of people tripping or slipping; 3° Kept free of any unnecessary clutter; 4° Cleared of all rubble and debris.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 3: Financial contributions from communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation in the département, communes in the metropolitan area, the metropolitan area and the département to the budget of the departmental-metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-76

The contribution of the department and that of the metropolitan authority to the budget of the departmental-metropolitan fire and rescue service are set each year by deliberation of the departmental c…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
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Article R641-7

…rticle…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-32

To set the maximum time of absence to which are entitled, pursuant to Article L. 4134-7-1, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R910-7

I. - The reference to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article L783-7

…1 with the exception of its second paragraph Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-2 Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 621-3 Act no . 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-4 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 J…

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