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Showing 71317140 of 62763 articles for Art. Arrêté DEVL1507007A of 23-3-2015

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Information and prevention

Article L3511-3

…y : 1° Doctors, including occupational physicians, for workers ; 2° Dental surgeons, in application of article L. 4141-2 ; 3° Midwives, in application of article L. 4151-4 ; 4° Nurses, in application…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Feasibility assistance

Article 632-3

…ng conditions: 1° Be established in France; 2° Have chairmen, directors or managers, and a majority of their directors, who are French nationals or equivalent; 3° They must not be controlled by one or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-32

…cation audiovisuelle et numérique pursuant to the procedural rules set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this subsection may not conflict with a normal exploitation of a work or object protected by an i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance and exemptions.

Article L5134-30

The aid for professional integration allocated under an employment support contract may be modulated according to : 1° The category and sector of activity of the employer ; 2° The actions planned in t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative financing intermediaries

Article D775-31

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Offences committed by the employer or his representative.

Article R4741-3

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 4711-1 to L. 4711-5 and articles D. 4711-1 to D. 4711-3 relating to compulsory documents and displays is punishable by the fine laid down for fourt…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers

Article R6331-36

The contribution provided for in article L. 6331-35 contributes to the development of the actions mentioned in 2° of article L. 6331-36, in particular with regard to: 1° The financing of investments a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Deconcentrated services

Article R8122-3

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article R. 8121-15, labour inspectors and monitors carry out their duties : 1° Either in a departmental or sub-departmental control unit ; 2° Or in an interdepar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-3

Any user who, in breach of article L. 1251-5, concludes a secondment contract with the purpose or effect of permanently filling a job linked to the normal and permanent activity of the company, is lia…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article L522-3

The limitation period for the administration's action to sanction a breach punishable by an administrative fine not exceeding €3,000 for a natural person or €15,000 for a legal person is one completed…

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