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Showing 611620 of 52912 articles for Art. CA Versailles 13 January 2000 · Cass. com. 27 February 2001 · Cass. com. 6 May 2002 · CA Poitiers 26 November 1986 · Cass. com. 4 December 2012

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Monitoring public exposure and informing the public

Article R1333-26

The laboratories for measuring radioactivity in the environment, mentioned in Article R. 1333-25, are approved by the Nuclear Safety Authority. The application for approval or renewal of approval shal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article R7124-26

Vice-presidents of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council who have been delegated by the President receive, for the effective performance of their duties, an allowance not…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article R2224-27

The mayor or the president of the group of local authorities responsible for waste collection informs residents of the collection procedures mentioned in article R. 2224-26 by making a collection guid…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-4

For the application of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, opened for signature in Vienna and New York on 3 March 1980, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-4

…pean Union in all investigations and prosecutions falling within its competence.The Eurojust Agency may also, with the agreement of the Member States concerned:1° Coordinate the execution of requests…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.

Article L141-27

…e sale, the sale has already been the subject of information pursuant to article 18 de la loi n° 2014-856 du 31 juillet 2014 relative à l'économie sociale et solidaire.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4127-272

When practising on a self-employed basis, dental surgeons may only have two practices, whatever the form. However, the Conseil national de l'ordre may grant exemptions in exceptional cases, after cons…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: National Conciliation Commission.

Article R6142-27

…of the director of the training and research unit or, if there are several, the chairman of the medical education coordination committee and the opinion of the director(s) of the pharmacy training and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Successive redundancies.

Article L1233-27

…ly employing at least fifty employees has made redundancies for economic reasons in the course of a calendar year involving more than eighteen employees in total, without having been required to prese…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Loan guarantees.

Article D2573-27

…mmunes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For its application in French Polynesia, Article D. 2252-1 is worded as follows:I. - The net amount of annual deb…

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