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Showing 39914000 of 48231 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 April 1984 · Cass. com. 4 May 1982 · CA Grenoble 21 December 2006

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Age of admission.

Article L4153-4

The labour inspector may at any time require a medical examination of a young worker aged fifteen or over in order to establish whether the work assigned to him exceeds his strength. In this case, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Provisions for monitoring sentenced persons after their release during the period of reduced sentences

Article D147-47

…ement judge of the jurisdiction in which the person subject to monitoring pursuant to I of article 721-2 has his habitual residence, assisted by the prison integration and probation service, and where…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-44

…tional Council shall only deliberate validly if at least half of their members are present. Members may be represented. A member may not have more than two mandates. Decisions are taken by a majority…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article R4222-4

…ispensing pharmacists must be registered in the appendix to the register referred to in articles L. 4222-1 and L. 4232-11, together with the name and, where applicable, the corporate name of the membe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissioning authorisation.

Article R6312-41

In the event of the unlimited withdrawal of authorisation, pronounced in application of articles L. 6312-3 or L. 6312-5 or of article R. 6312-5, the authorisations for the person concerned to commence…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-4 (art. A212-49)

CERTIFICATION FRAMEWORK UC 1 CETo design an action projectOI 11 CEAnalyse the challenges of the socio-professional contextOI 111 CEPlace their action within the framework of the organisation's guideli…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Compulsory licences for patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems

Article R613-25-4

The arrangements for the identification of products manufactured under compulsory licence pursuant to Article 10-5 of Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 are established by a decision of the Director General…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Administrative fines.

Article L1264-4

…the conditions mentioned in Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services, is es…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: RIGHT TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE

Article R234-4

…ence before the end of the uninterrupted five-year period of residence provided for in article L. 234-1 in the following cases:1° They reach the age stipulated by the legislative or regulatory provisi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-8

…ch has been entrusted to the person empowered to represent him pursuant to this section.However, he may not, in the case of general habilitation to represent him, conclude a mandate for future protect…

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