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Showing 41014110 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Procedures for exercising the right to the assistance of an interpreter and the translation of certain documents in the proceedings

Article D594-7

…tage of the proceedings, by the public prosecutor, the investigating judge or the court hearing the case.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Disputes

Article R2372-19

…icial court of the defendant's domicile. The president of the court shall rule on the merits of the case in accordance with the accelerated procedure.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Disputes

Article R2352-19

…icial court of the defendant's domicile. The President of the Court shall rule on the merits of the case in accordance with the accelerated procedure.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article R3121-30

In the case of individualised working hours, in the absence of an agreement as provided for in 1° of Article L. 3121-51, the number of hours carried over from one week to another may not exceed three,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Actions against those responsible for the damage.

Article R3122-20

…intervene even for the first time in an appeal before any administrative or judicial court. In this case, the Office will act as principal and may avail itself of all legal remedies.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms and conditions of engagement.

Article R4532-17

Except in the case of operations undertaken by a private individual for his or her own personal use, as provided for in Article L. 4532-7, no person may act as coordinator unless he or she possesses t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Choice of treating doctor.

Article R3711-16

In the case of a minor, if the holders of parental authority fail to act, the juvenile court judge, acting as a sentence enforcement judge, appoints the attending physician, under the same conditions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Prevention and occupational health services common to undertakings constituting an economic and social unit.

Article D4622-13

Except in cases where it is administered jointly in application of the agreement concluded by the employer, the occupational health and prevention service is placed under the supervision of the joint…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Infringements of the rules on occupational medicine

Article R4745-6

…rovisions relating to company nursing staff set out in articles R. 4623-32 to R. 4623-33 or, in the case of the agricultural professions,article R. 717-53 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, is pu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from the list of jobseekers

Article R5412-1

The regional director of Pôle emploi removes people from the list of jobseekers in the cases provided for in articles L. 5412-1 and L. 5412-2, with the exception of beneficiaries of the youth commitme…

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