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Showing 571580 of 55089 articles for Art. CA Bordeaux 2-3-2022 n° 18/04413

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-18

In the absence of conciliation or in the event of partial conciliation, the case is referred to the appropriate adjudication office, designated under the conditions provided for in Article L. 1454-1-1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Town planning (R).

Article R1614-18

The mayor, or where applicable the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation, sends the head of the State department in the département responsible for town planning a copy…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Municipal associations (R).

Article R2113-18

…R. 2511-17 and R. 2511-18 relating to the participation of associations in municipal life are applicable to communes resulting from a merger with more than 100,000 inhabitants and to new communes. Co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-18

…ludes:- a mention of the characteristics of the water meter including the reference of the metrological logbook and the date of installation of the meter;- elements relating to invoicing carried out,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exits and clearances

Article R4462-18

…xits provided for in articles R. 4227-4 to R. 4227-14, in premises where pyrotechnic activities are carried out, can be opened to the outside by a simple push from the inside and easily from the outsi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition and operation

Article R5112-18

…l Council for Integration through Economic Activity is responsible for: 1° Issuing opinions on applications for agreements from the employers mentioned in article L. 5132-2 and applications for assist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-18

…or sexually assaulted, they must use the most appropriate means to protect that person, exercising caution and circumspection. In the case of a minor or a person who is unable to protect him/herself…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to the assessment of the foreign national's request for release outside the detention extension hearings

Article L743-18

…release outside the detention extension hearings pursuant to article L. 742-8, may reject the application without first summoning the parties if it appears that no new factual or legal circumstances…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Specific provisions applicable when the amount of eligible damage exceeds six million euros excluding tax

Article R1613-18

…icle R. 1613-9 and the assessment of eligible damage. If the sum of grants that may be awarded to local authorities or groupings exceeds the total amount mentioned in article R. 1613-17, the State rep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for authorising laboratories

Article R1131-18

…he Agence de la biomédecine of the cessation of activity of these practitioners. Any authorised medical biology analysis laboratory referred to in Article R. 1131-13 is required to submit an annual ac…

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