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Showing 661670 of 9215 articles for Art. 8 janv. 1997

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4453-8

…sure to electromagnetic fields; 7° Any impact on the health and safety of workers under the age of 18 and workers at particular risk, in particular pregnant women and workers fitted with implanted or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-8

…has a description of its distribution network that complies with the provisions of Articles L. 525-8 et seq.III. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall also assess, in order to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-8

…n this chapter.Article L. 1241-1 is applicable there in the version resulting from Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022.Articles L. 1241-2 and L. 1241-4 are applicable in French Polynesia in the versio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Communication and production of documents in the file of a competition authority

Article L483-8

…adopted by the Autorité de la concurrence on the basis of I of article L. 464-2 and articles L. 462-8, L. 464-3, L. 464-6 or L. 464-6-1, by the Minister for the Economy on the basis of the first and s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1232-8

…acts. He concludes and signs transactions under the conditions laid down by the Board of Directors; 8° He is responsible for the execution of the agreement mentioned in III of Article 2 of Law no. 201…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval of training centres

Article D211-85

The specifications mentioned in article D. 211-84 define the following criteria: 1° The level of competitions in which the professional team of the association or sports company it has formed must par…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L2242-8

…ermined by decree, in the absence of publication of the information provided for in article L. 1142-8 or in the absence of measures defined under the conditions provided for in article L. 1142-9. The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-6

…d of the custodial measure to which he or she is subject; 7° The right to be examined by a doctor ; 8° The maximum number of hours or days for which he or she may be deprived of liberty before appeari…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishments and organisations authorised to combat tuberculosis

Article D3112-8

Art. D. 3112-8 -I.-The application for authorisation shall be sent by the head of the managing body to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency for the region in which the centre is located.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-8

…eement on objectives and performance concluded with the State in application of article L. 6123-11; 8° The allocation of surpluses to skills operators, non-employee training insurance funds, training…

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