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Showing 65516560 of 65950 articles for Art. CJUE 30-9-2021 aff. 299/20 and ord. 10-2-2022 aff. 191/21

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exhibitions subject to authorisation

Article R4451-90

The level of exceptional exposure does not exceed 50 millisieverts over twelve consecutive months in terms of effective dose or equivalent dose to the lens of the eye, provided that the average annual…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-105

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 322-2-1, mutual insurance companies may only borrow to set up : 1° If their articles of association so provide, the supplementary social fund ; 2° The guarantee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Group Medical Committee

Article D6132-9

…titutional centres or inter-hospital medical federations;3° The territorial plan for the permanence and continuity of care;4° The regional policy for continuous improvement in the quality, safety and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Policy

Article L2542-10

…2542-2 for all matters relating to 1°, 2° for all matters relating to neighbourhood noise, 4°, 6° and 7° of article L. 2212-2 as well as: 1° The method of transporting deceased persons, burials and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Continuous work

Article R3132-9

…ns may be authorised by the labour inspector if it tends to make better use of production equipment and to maintain or increase the number of existing jobs.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-9

Employing an employee on a part-time basis without complying with the limits in terms of the number or duration of daily work breaks provided for by article L. 3123-30 orby an extended or approved col…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-9

An order by the ministers responsible for health and social security sets the prices for the sale of labile blood products, with the exception of plasmas for transfusion purposes covered by 1° of arti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-9

…tural person who is canvassed at their home, residence or place of work, even at their own request, and who signs an insurance proposal or contract for purposes which do not fall within the scope of t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L122-10

…aning of Article L. 232-11 of the French Commercial Code, of single-member limited sports companies and public limited sports companies are allocated to the constitution of reserves which may not give…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events.

Article R762-9

If the full declaration is not filed within the time limits set out in article R. 762-5, commercial events held in the park are subject, depending on the case, to the declaration system provided for i…

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