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Showing 79517960 of 65950 articles for Art. CJUE 30-9-2021 aff. 299/20 and ord. 10-2-2022 aff. 191/21

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Actions in the workplace.

Article R4624-9

The occupational physician and, in inter-company occupational health and prevention services, the other members of the multi-disciplinary team, are prohibited from revealing manufacturing secrets and…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Public access to forests.

Article L343-9

The rules relating to agreements between local authorities and their groupings and the owners of woods, parks and natural areas located within their territory with a view to opening said woods, parks…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of events with classification, timekeeping or timetable fixed in advance

Article R331-9

…rity.The federation must give its opinion, which must be substantiated with regard to the technical and safety rules mentioned in article R. 331-7, within one month of the date of receipt of the reque…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L3221-9

…ficers are responsible, within their respective areas of competence, concurrently with the officers and agents of the judicial police, for recording breaches of these provisions.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R312-9

Committee members are bound by an obligation of discretion with regard to documents and information of which they have been made aware.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R2322-9

…aison with the person who performed the delivery, for the medical examination of the new-born child and for drawing up the compulsory health certificate. He/she must also record any medical observatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article R2336-9

…tion to the relative difference between the average per capita resource indicator for New Caledonia and the commune's per capita resource indicator, multiplied by the commune's population.The populati…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-10

…applicable to contracts constituting an authorisation of exploitation pursuant to articles L. 212-3 and L. 212-4, between producers and performers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R3252-9

…ds shall be kept at the registry of each judicial court, mentioning all acts of any kind, decisions and formalities to which the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter gives rise. The records m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Control by the Minister for Culture

Article L326-9

Draft articles of association and general regulations for collective management bodies are sent, prior to their constitution, to the Minister responsible for culture in accordance with the procedures…

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