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Showing 75717580 of 12358 articles for Art. 7 juill. 2004

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceeding limit values

Article R4451-81

…y worker whose health status exceeds one of the limit values set out in articles R. 4451-6, R. 4451-7 and R. 4451-8 will benefit from the health monitoring applicable to workers classified in category…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Broadcast advertising.

Article R3323-1

…ges containing more than 1.2% alcohol by volume is authorised only : - Wednesdays, between 0.00 and 7.00; - on other days, between 0.00 and 17.00.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Economic weighting studies

Article A713-26

…of commerce, industry and services are composed in accordance with the lists appearing in the Annex 7-4 to this book, by reference to the French nomenclatures of activities and products of the Institu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Policing of teaching activities

Article D212-95

…tmental councils for youth, sport and community life set up by article 28 of decree no. 2006-665 of 7 June 2006 on reducing the number and simplifying the composition of various administrative commiss…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-26

…oviding the borrower with the European Standardised Information Sheet referred to in Article L. 313-7 and the second paragraph of Article L. 313-24 or the pre-contractual information mentioned in the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-32

…from the investigating chamber in accordance with the forms provided for in articles 148-6 and 148-7. The provisions of articles 696-19 and 696-20 shall then apply..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Acts and decisions subject to the procedure provided for in Article 696-114

Article 696-120

…fter, where appropriate, an adversarial hearing organised in accordance with Articles 142-6 and 142-7.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-43

…is subject to the budgetary control provided for in articles 220 to 228 of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 relating to public budgetary and accounting management under the conditions set out…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-5

The conditions set out in Chapters II, IV and V of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020 are applicable to the provision of the services mentioned in Article L. 547-4, provided that the project…

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

Article R134-9

…operations of the insurance undertaking covered by Article L. 134-1 are those mentioned in 1°, 4°, 7°, 9°, 10° and 11° of Article R. 343-3. They are entered in the appropriation balance sheet provide…

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