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Showing 48714880 of 8111 articles for Art. CE 27-12-2022 n° 464505

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-34

…e is exposed to ionising radiation and when, at the end of his assignment contract, this exposure exceeds the annual limit value for the duration of the contract, the temporary employment undertaking…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I

Article L4021-2

An order of the ministers responsible for health and social security, and of the minister for defence in the case of professionals in the armed forces health service, defines the priority multiannual…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Drawing up agreements with third parties

Article R1261-22

…1261-12, a health establishment or a training organisation asks the person in charge of the body reception facility to allow its staff access to the premises or the temporary removal of the body outs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-1

…not comply with its marketing authorisation, in order to meet the special needs of the patients concerned. It may be established, in the absence of an authorised medicinal product with the same activ…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Audit of operating accounts

Article D251-5

The line producer has three months from receipt of the draft audit report provided for in article L. 251-12 to submit its written observations to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter V: Attachment of assets placed in a safe deposit box

Article R525-5

…ns a writ of execution at a time when the property has already been removed from the safe, shall proceed as provided in Articles…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L451-16

In the event of conviction for acts punishable under articles L. 451-9 to L. 451-12, the court may also order the judgment to be displayed and distributed under the conditions set out in article 131-3…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-132

The Chairman of the Management Board or the Chief Executive Officer may carry out the transactions provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 225-149 and in the last paragraph of I of article L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Procedure before the National Commission for Compensation for Detentions

Article R40-14

In the month following the expiry of the fifteen-day period provided for in Article R. 40-12 or the last paragraph of article R. 40-13, the chairman of the committee shall appoint a rapporteur from am…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50-28

The provisions of articles 643 to 647 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply to the one-month and two-month time limits provided for in articles R. 50-15, R. 50-12-2 and R. 50-17.

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