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Showing 19912000 of 19493 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 April 1972

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Waste treatment

Article R4412-122

…° Packaged in appropriate, closed packaging, with the labelling required by Decree no. 88-466 of 28 April 1988 relating to products containing asbestos and by the Environmental Code, in particular art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe XII

…TION(in %)Region's share of :-The total number of jobseekers registered for more than six months in April of the previous year50The total number of working people aged over sixteen without a qualifica…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of representatives

Article R7343-71

…e to the exercise of the rights provided for in Articles 15 to 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regar…

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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

…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 February 1989, the am…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-7

…of the provisions: 1° Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passengers' rights and obligations; 2° Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L5134-112

…cle L. 5314-1 or in 1° bis of article L. 5311-4 or by the person mentioned in 2° of article L. 5134-19-1. An assessment of the beneficiary's career plan and the follow-up given to the future job is ca…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single integration contract

Article L5522-2-1

…Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Article L. 5134-19-3 reads as follows:"Art. L. 5134-19-3 -The single integration contract takes the form of :"1° For…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Expenditure by communes and groups of communes for municipal secondary and special education establishments (R).

Article D2321-10

…ed from own resources or by borrowing, include under investments: 1° For establishments existing on 19 September 1971 or those under construction which were the subject on that date either of an agree…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-27

…intments apply to additional appointments, with the exception of the provisions of articles L. 1441-19, L. 1441-20 and L. 1441-21.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Circulation of the Pacific franc

Article L721-5

…ds is carried out by the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer, whose status is set out in article L. 721-19.

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