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Showing 271280 of 48231 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 April 1984 · Cass. com. 4 May 1982 · CA Grenoble 21 December 2006

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives

Article R1233-26

The employee rights commission mentioned in F of II of article L. 1233-5 is made up of the Director General of the Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires or his representative, who chairs it,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Periodic inspections

Article R4323-26

When periodic inspections are carried out by persons not belonging to the establishment, the reports drawn up following these inspections are appended to the safety register. Failing this, precise det…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Driving self-propelled mobile work equipment and lifting work equipment

Article D4153-26

It is forbidden to assign young people to drive motor quadricycles and agricultural or forestry tractors that are not fitted with a roll-over protection structure, or with this structure in the folded…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 sexies

…ny person who ships waste or has waste shipped to another State pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste;2. Any oper…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-26

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 224-73 to L. 224-78 and article L. 224-87 is sanctioned by the nullity of the contract.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Data controllers and data processors

Article R1111-26

…space is designed and implemented under the joint responsibility of the Minister for Health and the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie. The Minister for Health is responsible for steering and org…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General procedural rules

Article R321-26

…icles L. 327-6 and L. 327-13 shall be made by letter delivered against signature or any other means capable of establishing proof of the date of referral, including by electronic means.They shall incl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-26

In principle, members of the caisses de crédit agricole mutuel may only be released from their commitments to the caisses de crédit agricole mutuel after liquidation of the operations in progress at t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contributions to the account.

Article L6323-26

The account is funded in euros each year and, where applicable, by additional contributions, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in this sub-section.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Role of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

Article R1221-26

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé provides the Etablissement français du sang and the centre de transfusion sanguine des armées with information relating to the s…

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