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Showing 131140 of 58479 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7-1-1987 n° 85-14.930

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Revitalisation of employment areas.

Article L1233-85

An agreement between the company and the administrative authority, concluded within six months of the notification provided for in article L. 1233-46, determines, where applicable on the basis of a so…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific procedures applicable to occupational health professionals, occupational health and prevention services and occupational health services in agriculture, providing enhanced individual monitoring of a worker exposed to ionising radiation

Article R4451-85

I.-The occupational physician responsible for the individual monitoring of the state of health of workers classified within the meaning of article R. 4451-57 carrying out or participating in the carry…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the fire and rescue service of the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy

Article L1424-85

In Saint-Barthélemy, a local authority service is created, known as the "fire and rescue service", which includes a fire brigade, composed under the conditions set out in the present article and organ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Regional and interregional councils

Article D4311-85

The regional or inter-regional council of the order of nurses is composed as follows: 1° Where the total number of nurses on the most recently published register is less than or equal to 10,000 : a) T…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Undertakings for collective real estate investment with sub-funds

Article L214-85

I. - An undertaking for collective real estate investment may have several sub-funds if the regulations of the real estate investment fund or the articles of association of the société de placement à…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-85

In the absence of a declaration by the representatives of the general body of creditors, a court decision shall, at the request of the judicial representative, appoint a representative to represent th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-85

Prior to entering into a transaction referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 312-84, the lender shall provide the borrower, on paper or on another durable medium, with information enabling th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of judicial supervision decisions

Article 696-85

If the person placed under judicial supervision cannot be found on the territory of the Republic, the liberty and custody judge shall inform the competent authority of the issuing State of the impossi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to establishments organising the practice of air diving

Article A322-85

A group of divers with PE-20 qualifications may dive from 0 to 20 metres under the responsibility of the person supervising the group. During technical training leading to PE-40 skills, the group may…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-85

The persons referred to in article L. 511-71 are prohibited from using individual hedging or insurance strategies with regard to remuneration or liability in order to limit the application of the prov…

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