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Showing 51615170 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Job security contract

Article D1233-50

When the framework agreement mentioned in article L. 6332-21 of this code provides for the financing of the measures provided for in article L. 1233-65, the skills operators respond to the calls for p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the National Medical Accidents Commission.

Article R1142-26

…er for Justice or the Minister for Health or by six of the members of the Commission.The Commission may only deliberate if at least half of the members in office, not including the Chairman or, in his…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting cases of intoxication to toxicovigilance organisations

Article R1340-12

…rité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, any additional information they may have on cases they have reported and on cases that have been reported by a third party. The orga…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conciliation procedure.

Article R611-26

…request to appoint a conciliator or to extend the conciliator's mission is not granted, the debtor may lodge an appeal by a declaration made or sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of recei…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Commission instituted by article L. 2334-37.

Article R2334-32

…cation of 1° is obtained by dividing the number of eligible communes in the department by forty; it may not, however, be less than five or more than fifteen. If the number of eligible communes is less…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D47-10

…ring the educational assistance proceedings, throughout the criminal proceedings, of decisions that may affect relations between the parents and their children. The investigating judge may seek the op…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Offenders eligible for judicial supervision

Article D147-32

At the beginning of each month, the prison registry sends the public prosecutor a copy of the criminal record of persons sentenced to a custodial sentence of seven years or more, or, if the person has…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The respective powers of the sentence enforcement judge, the other instructing magistrates and the director of the prison integration and probation service

Article D577

…e care of persons placed under judicial supervision, after notifying the instructing magistrate who may, where appropriate, make any useful observations. The sentence enforcement judge or the mandatin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-63

I. - Where the injunction has been complied with within the time limit, the case is removed from the list.II. - If the injunction has not been complied with, the court clerk will draw up a report stat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and organisation of safety information and training

Article R4141-3-1

The employer informs workers of the risks to their health and safety. This information covers : 1° The procedures for accessing the single risk assessment document provided for in Article R. 4121-1 ;…

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