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Showing 141150 of 45696 articles for Art. CE 2-12-2022 n° 460100

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-12-2

Pôle emploi will give an explicit decision on any request from an employer concerning one of its corporate officers or a person holding a corporate office whose purpose is to determine whether he or s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-12-2

I.-To meet specific defence needs, the Minister for Defence may authorise the armed forces health service to use a proprietary medicinal product outside the conditions of prescription and supply laid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-2

…ctive solidarity income) and the allocation personnalisée d'autonomie (personalised autonomy allowance) are tracked in an individualised chapter of the metropolitan authority's budget..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article R50-12-2

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Right of access and request for rectification or deletion

Article R53-21-12

…r deletion must, on pain of inadmissibility, be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by declaration to the court registry. This request is addressed to the public prosecutor me…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D1-12-2

…ns offer, if they have general accreditation, any person who has been the victim of a criminal offence and, if they have specialist accreditation, any person who has been the victim of an offence rela…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-2-12

…en the request from the accused provided for in article 495-15 requesting the application of the procedure for appearing in court on prior recognition of guilt is sent to the public prosecutor more th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Disciplinary proceedings

Article R1442-22-12

The employee representative in question must appear in person.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3a: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against notifications made by the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-12

…appellant is unrepresented, he shall without delay inform the court registry, the parties to the proceedings and the minister responsible for the economy of any change of address..

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local representatives

Article R1432-120-2

A meeting is held at least twice a year with all the local representatives of a regional health agency, chaired by the agency's Director General or his/her representative.

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