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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V BIS : General provisions

Article R249-9

…cess to the procedural file, in compliance with the provisions of this code and the Articles L. 322-8 to L. 322-10 of the juvenile criminal justice code : a) Within the court and between courts dealin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article D1251-1

…al sports; 7° Entertainment, cultural activities, audiovisual, film production and sound recording; 8° Education; 9° Information, survey and polling activities; 10° Meat storage and warehousing; 11° B…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-13

…article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inspections by the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire and approved bodies

Article R1333-172

I.-The person responsible for the nuclear activity, as referred to in Article L. 1333-8, is required to have the rules that have been put in place in terms of :1° Collective protection, taking into ac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Radiation protection inspector

Article R1333-169

…Defence for the inspection of other defence-related facilities and activities, for which article R. 8111-12 of the Labour Code applies.II - To carry out their duties, the radiation protection inspecto…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to neighbourhood noise

Article R1336-6

…o deemed to have been caused if the spectral emergence of this noise, as defined in article R. 1336-8, is greater than the limit values set in the same article.However, overall emergence and, where ap…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article R464-24-3

The appeal provided for in Article L. 464-8-1 shall be lodged within ten days of notification of the decision of the rapporteur general of the Competition Authority. It shall be brought before the fir…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article R643-18

…or or the Public Prosecutor, appoint another person under the conditions provided for in Article L. 812-2. The appointed agent is subject to the same obligations as would have applied to the liquidato…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-25

…o a decision by the juge-commissaire entered on the statement of claims mentioned in Article R. 624-8; 2° For any dispute concerning a claim for revendication or restitution that has given rise to a d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-3

…the closing date of the last accounting period. For the application of articles R. 663-5 to R. 663-8 and R. 663-28, the turnover is that achieved during the observation period or the period of contin…

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