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Showing 44014410 of 6535 articles for Art. CA Rennes – 17 Dec. 2024 – no. 23/05277

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-21

…ioned in article R. 5124-23 as well as managers after death as mentioned in article R. 5124-29 must carry out the same formalities when they are appointed.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Applications from trade unions and associations

Article R7343-25

…relations sociales des plateformes d'emploi, which is responsible for examining the declaration of candidacy, will issue an electronic receipt to the representative of the candidate organisation as s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibited work

Article D4154-1

…prohibited to employ employees holding a fixed-term employment contract and temporary employees to carry out work exposing them to the following dangerous chemical agents or ionising radiation: 1° As…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-21

…des libertés and the national councils of the health professions, shall set the conditions for application of the articles in this section relating to the shared medical record.It specifies the condit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-19

…names referred to in that same article shall be liable to the penalties provided for in Article 433-17 of the Penal Code. The same penalties apply to anyone who uses a name intended to create confusio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Grace Period.

Article 510

…od of grace may only be granted by the decision whose enforcement it is intended to defer.In urgent cases, the same power lies with the interim relief judge.After service of a summons or act of seizur…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-45-2

The rights of access to and rectification of the data mentioned in Article R. 131-45-1 may be exercised with the Chairman of the Autorité Nationale des Jeux and the Data Protection Officer of La Franç…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 211-97

…gth cinematographic works is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 212-1

…erm cinematographic works is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the matching of personal data carried out by the Autorité nationale des jeux and by La Française des jeux for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-14

The rights of access to and rectification of the data mentioned in Article R. 333-13 may be exercised with the Chairman of the Autorité Nationale des Jeux and the Data Protection Officer of La Françai…

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