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Showing 41714180 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Work involving electrical hazards

Article D4153-24

…n an establishment or worksite where there is a risk of contact with live bare parts, except in the case of very low voltage safety installations (VLSV). It is forbidden for young people to carry out…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article R4163-40

…e employee and the employer to provide it with any document that may be useful in investigating the case. It may also collect any relevant information from the employee or employer or carry out or arr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Paid practice of medicine.

Article R4127-99

Except in emergencies or in cases provided for by law, a doctor providing a preventive medicine service on behalf of a local authority is not entitled to provide curative care. He must refer the perso…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Issue of the licence to practise.

Article R4221-13-3

…favourable opinion, the committee may propose extending the skills consolidation programme. In this case, the Director General of the National Management Centre, on behalf of the Minister for Health,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Labelling.

Article R5141-75

In the case of small immediate packaging other than ampoules containing only one dose of use and on which it is impossible to include all the information provided for in Article R. 5141-74, the inform…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Permanence of care in health care institutions

Article R6111-47

The Director General may declare the call for candidates unsuccessful. In this case, he may designate one or more health establishments providing the public hospital service, in application of 2° of I…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-82

…at the written request of the Director or of at least one third of the full members. In the latter case, the meeting must be convened within a maximum of eight days. In any event, the Committee shall…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities

Article L2131-2

I.- The following shall be sent to the representative of the State in the département or to his delegate in the arrondissement, under the conditions set out in II:1° The deliberations of the town coun…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Issuing the summons to pay as a form of seizure to the debtor

Article R321-3

…t of a lease, to inform the bailiff of the surname, first name and address of the lessee or, in the case of a legal entity, its name and registered office; 10° Indication that a bailiff may enter the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article R2335-1

…provided for this purpose, up to the amount mentioned in article 82 of finance law no. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 for 2019, and the number of beneficiary communes in mainland and overseas France ;…

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