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Showing 44914500 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-32

…end to, he shall take one of the decisions provided for in 1° to 3° of II of article 803-8. In the cases provided for in the last paragraph of II of the same article, the judge may refuse, by reasone…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations.

Article R152-9

…R. 152-6; 2° The list of information that the sender, the recipient or their representative, as the case may be, is required to provide to the authorities is that provided for in II of Article R. 152-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L7342-5

…d to in Article L. 7341-1 with a view to defending their professional claims may not, except in the case of abuse, give rise to contractual liability on their part, constitute grounds for terminating…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-18

The Prefect or, in the case of health and medico-social establishments, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may arrange for additional analyses to be carried out, at the expense of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-4

The court shall rule, where appropriate, on the report of the judge assigned to the case. The judge may not sit or take part in the deliberations. If the judgment cannot be rendered immediately, the p…

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

Article D47-15

…Article 706-113 is made by registered letter or in the manner provided by Article 803-1. In urgent cases, it may be made by any means.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-33

…te the date, the name of the transaction, the description of the transaction and its amount. In the case of cash receipts, the number of the receipt is given opposite the cash receipt in a column of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Work carried out off-voltage.

Article R4534-111

…ble to de-energise the installation for a reason which he considers to be imperative. In the latter case, the employer shall comply with the requirements of paragraph 4.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Occupational physician

Article R4626-13-1

…n occupational medicine under the conditions defined in articles R. 4626-12 and R. 4626-13. In this case, the provisions of articles R. 4623-4 and R. 4626-9 do not apply.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-6

…by order of the minister responsible for employment.This limit may only be exceeded in exceptional cases resulting from the particular situation of the company, by joint decision of the ministers res…

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