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Showing 51215130 of 60748 articles for Art. CE 11-5-2021 n° 440044 and 440045

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligation to provide information about accidents at work

Article R4121-5

…lts in his death, the employer shall inform the Labour Inspectorate official responsible for the place where the accident occurred immediately and at the latest within twelve hours of the worker's dea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementing provisions

Article R4451-51

A joint order of the ministers responsible for labour and agriculture shall specify: 1° The work equipment or categories of work equipment and the type of sealed radioactive sources for which the empl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Individual authorisation

Article R7124-5

…assess : 1° Whether the activity for which the application is made can, in view of its difficulties and its morality, normally be entrusted to the child ; 2° Whether the child has already been or is c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Temporary non-medical accommodation for pregnant women

Article R6111-55

…tablishment by motorised transport under normal conditions, corresponding to their health situation and in line with the gradation of care defined in articles R. 6123-39 to R. 6123-42. An order from t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Bankruptcy and other offences.

Article L654-5

Natural persons guilty of the offences provided for in articles L. 654-3 and L. 654-4 shall also incur the following additional penalties: 1° Disqualification from civic, civil and family rights, in a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-5

…erred to in Article L. 310-3-2, the minimum required solvency margin is determined either by reference to the annual amount of premiums or contributions, or by reference to the average annual cost of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-5

…nt savings group, is to subscribe one or more popular retirement savings plans on behalf of members and to ensure the representation of members' interests and, to these ends: 1° To set up a supervisor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Unfair business-to-business commercial practices

Article L442-5

I.-Any trader who resells or advertises the resale of a product in its unaltered state at a price lower than its actual purchase price is liable to a fine of €75,000. This fine may be increased to hal…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-54

…e from advising, assisting or representing clients with opposing interests; he also refrains from accepting a new case if the secrecy of information entrusted by a former client is likely to be violat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article L6364-5

In application of article LO 6371-5, a global grant for school construction and equipment is instituted in order to contribute to compensating for the net increases in charges for the collectivity of…

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