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Showing 20212030 of 50777 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 13-2-1985 n° 82-14.220

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4234-13

Unless the provisions of article R. 4234-3 are applied, the complaint or application and the attached documents are communicated in their entirety to the parties in copy form. Where the volume, number…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Postal voting

Article A713-13

The summary statement of the envelopes received at the prefecture referred to in I of Article R. 713-17 is made available to each member of the election organisation committee.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-13

The purpose of the traineeship is to prepare the trainee for the practice of the profession. The trainee's activity is not limited to simple execution tasks. As far as possible, it is directly related…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Hyperbaric risk

Article R4535-13

Self-employed workers and employers who work directly on a building or civil engineering site are subject to the provisions of Title VI of Book IV of the French Labour Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Information for workers.

Article R4543-13

The material safety data sheet must be kept permanently available to the workers of the company working on the lift, either in the lift or goods lift machinery room, or in a nearby location in the cas…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 14: Work involving the risk of splashing.

Article R4534-135

Safety goggles must be worn when working on hard materials likely to produce splinters.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Physical working environment.

Article R4542-13

Radiation, with the exception of the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, is reduced to negligible levels to protect the health and safety of workers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 14: Work involving the risk of splashing.

Article R4534-134

Measures are taken to prevent workers being injured by splashes of concrete, mortar or cement applied by mechanical or pneumatic means.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Occupational physician

Article R4626-13

The occupational health physician personally carries out all of his duties. In the establishments for which he is responsible, these functions are exclusive of any other function likely to call into q…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Monitoring of occupational exposure limit values.

Article R4722-13

The employer must prove that he has referred the matter to the accredited body within the time limit set and must forward the results to the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer as soon as he receiv…

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