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Showing 29112920 of 48231 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 April 1984 · Cass. com. 4 May 1982 · CA Grenoble 21 December 2006

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Support for members

Article R519-43

The association is drawing up a guide to professional competence and ongoing professional training and development. This guide presents a list of training courses adapted to the levels of professional…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Support for members

Article R519-44

The Association may carry out statistical surveys to gain a better understanding of the market. To this end, each member shall provide the Association with annual data relating to the organisation of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Support for members

Article R519-45

…ation provides its members with all relevant information concerning changes in the regulations applicable to them. It informs them of any difficulties observed in the banking and payment services inte…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Additional requirements for work equipment serving defined levels by means of an enclosure.

Article R4324-48

…vent any risk of contact between persons present in the vicinity of the installation and the moving carrier or any other moving part. As soon as a guard is opened, devices must prevent any dangerous m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Additional requirements for work equipment serving defined levels by means of an enclosure.

Article R4324-49

Checks and maintenance operations are carried out from a safe location allowing easy and secure access to the components concerned, by opening a guard. A stop device allows safe access to the passenge…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Additional requirements for work equipment serving defined levels by means of an enclosure.

Article R4324-46

…rk equipment serving defined levels by means of an enclosure, either along a perfectly defined vertical path in space, or along a substantially vertical guided path, when they are not subject to the t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Additional requirements for work equipment serving defined levels by means of an enclosure.

Article R4324-47

…talled or equipped in such a way as to avoid: 1° any risk of the persons concerned falling when the carrier is at rest on the landing; 2° any dangerous movement or displacement of the carrier when acc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L2331-4

Non-tax revenue from the operating section may include: 1° Proceeds from the fee for the removal of household refuse from camping sites, the special fee or the fee for the removal of refuse, waste and…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-45

The management reports referred to in the second paragraph of article 223 of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budget and accounting management shall be sent to the budget controller a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating alcoholism and smoking.

Article L3822-4

…f this Part shall apply in the Territory of Wallis and Futuna as amended by Order No 2016-623 of 19 May 2016 transposing Directive 2014/40/EU on the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco produ…

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