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Showing 60516060 of 9169 articles for Art. CE 24-11-2014 n° 352402

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of claims.

Article R622-22

…g after the opening judgment other than those mentioned in I of Article L. 622-17, result from a successively executed contract declare their claims, for all sums due and to fall due, on the basis of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Periodic inspection

Article R4451-45

…effectiveness of the preventive measures implemented, the employer shall: 1° Periodically, or if necessary continuously, carry out the necessary checks in the light of the results of those provided f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-53

Refusal to convert is sufficiently justified if the lessor provides evidence that he intends to take over the premises at the end of the current three-year period, either in application of articles L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties of the social and economic committee in undertakings with at least eleven employees and fewer than fifty employees

Article L2312-6

…of health, safety and working conditions;2° Employees of external undertakings who, in the performance of their activity, are not under the direct subordination of the user undertaking, for their indi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Medical and medical-psychological examinations.

Article D17

…ffender, especially if he or she is subject to criminal guardianship (1); 3° The nature of the offence (intentional assault and battery, sexual offences, arson) ; 4° Whether parental authority may be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-12

Decisions concerning the execution or destruction of works on the land of others may only be executed after the deposit of a bond, the amount of which is set by the court and which serves as a guarant…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-14

…nd French Polynesia subject to the following adaptations: the words "doctors" and "doctor" are replaced by the words "dental surgeons" and "dental surgeon" respectively.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Settlement of claims arising from employment contracts.

Article R625-4

…ll return to the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Code du travail the sums advanced by them that have not been collected by the employees when the period of validity of the payment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R3165-5

…7 and the decrees issued for their application, is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Penal Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding

Article R4743-1

Employing a pregnant woman, a woman who has recently given birth or a nursing mother in prohibited work, in disregard of article L. 4152-1 and the decrees adopted for its application, is punishable by…

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