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Showing 721730 of 35376 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 29-4-2009 n° 08-13.308

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-21

In order to be appointed as a judicial environmental officer, environmental inspectors must have passed a technical examination. The procedures for organising this examination and the test programme a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-29-1

In the performance of their duties, private security guards are required to hold their card or approval decision at all times and to produce it to any person who requests it. He must also have the wor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation of tax officials responsible for certain judicial police missions

Article R15-33-29-12

The Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal shall order the withdrawal or suspension, for a period not exceeding two years, of the authorisation to carry out judicial police missions, by order…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-30

The rating drawn up by the public prosecutor at the court of appeal in whose jurisdiction the headquarters of the department to which the judicial environmental officer is attached is located is broug…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-18

The category A and B environmental inspectors referred to in article 28-3 are referred to as judicial environmental officers.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-26

The Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal within whose jurisdiction the headquarters of the department to which the judicial environmental officer is attached is located shall order the withdrawal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-29-2-1

The powers vested in the departmental prefect by this section are exercised, in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, by the Bouches-du-Rhône police prefect.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-5 (art. R322-29)

ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS I. - General requirements applicable to all PPE-SLPPE-SL provide adequate protection against the risks involved. 1.1. Design principle 1.1.1. Ergonomics PSL-PP…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Professional card

Article R4311-41-4

A nurse wishing to obtain a European professional card pursuant to Article L. 4002-2 submits his or her application electronically, together with supporting documents, to a regional directorate for yo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 412-4

I.-When direct grants are awarded for a specific work, this work must: 1° Not be a music video or a series episode; 2° Not have been produced as part of an initial or further training course; 3° Have…

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