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Showing 29112920 of 66453 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 19-9-2007 n° 06-15.295 and Cass. civ. 3-10-2019 n° 18-22.945 F-D

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Trainees

Article D6352-34

…n this respect. The trainee is obliged to follow the training course until it ends. A trainee who abandons the training course for reasons that are not recognised as valid is excluded from receiving u…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article D8121-3

…abour inspection authority on any question of a general nature concerning compliance with the tasks and guarantees of the labour inspection.The opinion issued is forwarded to the ministers and the cen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Occupational health inspector

Article D8123-3

The occupational health physician inspector is permanently involved in protecting workers in the workplace. This also includes monitoring the operation of occupational health services.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring in France of convictions and probation decisions handed down by the competent authorities of other Member States of the European Union

Article 764-19

…utor to whom the request has been addressed by the sentencing State for the purposes of recognition and enforcement does not have jurisdiction, he will forward it without delay to the competent public…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required

Article A321-19

Admission is decided by the selection board if the average of the marks obtained by the candidate in all the eligibility and admission tests is equal to or higher than 10 out of 20.The mark obtained i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Explanations provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article R313-18

…ills resulting from:1° Either a higher education diploma attesting to specific real estate training and professional experience of at least three consecutive years with a real estate appraiser or a re…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Levies

Article R512-18

Sampling shall be carried out in two samples where, because of their value, nature, the insufficient quantity available, the weight or volume of the goods or of the samples intended for analysis or te…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-18

The authorisation is issued for a period of three years and may be renewed for an identical period on application by the authorisation holder to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article R622-18

…collective interest of the creditors, is admissible only after formal notice has been given to the mandataire judiciaire by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, which has remained unfrui…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Analysis of samples taken.

Article R5127-18

…an offence has been committed, the sample accompanied by the report or record of the sample-taking and the relevant documents shall be sent to the Public Prosecutor.

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