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Showing 23212330 of 47269 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 7 February 1986 · Cass. 1re civ. 4 March 1986 · Cass. com. 8 March 2017 n° 15-21.155 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 2001 · Cass. 1re civ. 27 November 2019 n° 18-18.402

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Lead and its compounds

Article R4412-158

The employer shall ensure that workers do not eat or smoke in their work clothes. Workers shall eat in street clothes or disposable overalls provided by the employer.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Lead and its compounds

Article R4412-159

…ly legible signs indicating the presence of lead, without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 4412-73.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Examinations, checks and registers.

Article R4534-15

All equipment, machinery, installations and protective devices of any kind used on a worksite are examined before being put into service or recommissioned to ensure that they comply with the provision…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Organisation of the intervention.

Article R4543-15

The head of the company carrying out the work defines the operations or work requiring the use of more than one worker, according to their arduous, repetitive or complex nature. When two or more worke…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Agreements with host companies

Article R6223-15

The host company is responsible for compliance with the provisions relating to working hours and health and safety at work.Where the activity carried out by the apprentice in the host company requires…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Applicable certification procedure and technical design and construction rules applicable to second-hand work equipment referred to in 1°, 3°, 4° and 5° of Article R. 233-83 and to second-hand safety components referred to in Article R. 233-83-2

Article R233-89-1-1

…which comply with the requirements applicable to them respectively by virtue of amended decrees no. 47-1592 of 23 August 1947, no. 65-48 of 8 January 1965, no. 86-594 of 14 March 1986, no. 89-78 of 7…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VH

…tion.Unless otherwise provided for, the rules of liability and collection provided for in articles 1701 to 1704, to 1°, 2°, 3° and 4° of Article 1705 and to Articles 1706 et 1711.III. - By way of dero…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Inspections.

Article R513-15

When, pursuant to Article L. 511-10, a company applies to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution for the authorisation necessary to obtain the status of société de crédit foncier, it sha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Model agency licence.

Article L7123-15

Model agencies shall take all necessary measures to guarantee the defence of the interests of the models they employ and to avoid situations of conflict of interest.A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-152

The Public Prosecutor or the State Prosecutor shall, whenever they deem it useful, check the registers and documents of any kind of the registries within their jurisdiction. In the event of an infring…

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