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Showing 13611370 of 53704 articles for Art. CA Paris 1-12-2021 n° 20/04742

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Role of the radiation protection advisor

Article R4451-122

…visor participates, with a view to prevention, in safeguarding the health and safety of workers. He carries out his duties in conjunction with the occupational physician, the employee referred to in I…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition

Article R6147-120

…es mentioned respectively in a, b and c of 3° of article R. 6147-117 are appointed by the Chief Medical Officer of the Armed Forces Hospital in accordance with the following procedures, which may be s…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Allocation to an employee savings plan.

Article L3324-12

When the employee, and where applicable the beneficiary referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 3323-6 and in the third paragraph of Article L. 3324-2, does not request the payment of all or…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-12

An appeal against the orders referred to in 1° of Article 712-11 shall be referred to the president of the enforcement division of the court of appeal, who shall rule by reasoned order in the light of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Veterinary medicinal products

Article R1453-12

The information mentioned in article R. 1453-11 is made public on the single public website mentioned in I of article L. 1453-1 under the conditions set out in articles R. 1453-5 to R. 1453-7.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article R312-20

…accounts as referred to in article L. 312-19 are deposited, after closure of the accounts, with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations within three months of expiry of the ten-year, twenty-year or thr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-12

The directors of a management company are liable to a fine of €30,000 if they : 1° Failing to comply with Article L. 214-101 ; 2° Failing to submit the documents provided for in the first two paragrap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Labour inspection in defence establishments

Article R8111-12

…d and permanently supervised, labour inspection missions, in accordance with article L. 8112-1, are carried out, under the authority of the Minister of Defence, by the civil and military agents he des…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-12

For the purposes of this Title, a care team is a group of professionals who participate directly on behalf of the same patient in the performance of a diagnostic or therapeutic act, the compensation o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence.

Article R512-12

I.-When the intermediaries referred to in 3° or 4° of the I of article R. 511-2 and their employees carry on the business of distribution as an ancillary activity to their main professional activity a…

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