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Showing 37613770 of 44553 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 June 1968 · Cass. com. 11 March 2008 · Cass. com. 12 July 1982 · Cass. com. 17 April 1953 · Cass. com. 4 December 1968 · CA Versailles 14 September 2006

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Start-up and shut-down controls

Article R4324-14

Each workstation or part of the work equipment is fitted with an operating device enabling either all the work equipment or only part of it to be stopped, depending on the existing risks, so that the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conference of conciliators

Article R141-12

…deliberates validly without a quorum requirement. In the event of a tie, the oldest member has the casting vote.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1222-1

…triction other than the needs of the service, by the adult to be protected or protected, where applicable, by his lawyer as well as by the person or persons responsible for the protection. When the re…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1a: Information sent to the public prosecutor prior to referral to the guardianship judge

Article 1216-2

The application shall also contain, where known and useful, the following information, specifying how it was gathered: - the composition of the family of the person to be protected, their living condi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Lead exposure risk report

Article R1334-12

…the owner or operator of the accommodation in order to inform the occupants and persons required to carry out work, as required by article L. 1334-9 . The lead exposure risk report is made available b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article R642-12

The inalienability measure provided for in Article L. 642-10 is, at the behest of the administrator or, failing this, the liquidator, mentioned in the public registers in which the assets declared ina…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Imprest accounts (R).

Article R1617-12

…trator, the amount of which, fixed by the instrument setting up the imprest account and, where applicable, revised in the same manner, shall not exceed one quarter of the foreseeable amount of annual…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Consultation on the creation of a new commune.

Article R2113-12

In the event that the project to create the new commune involves communes located in different départements, the electors are convened by joint order of the prefects of the départements concerned unde…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties.

Article R4235-12

All professional acts must be carried out with care and attention, in accordance with the rules of good practice appropriate to the activity in question. Dispensaries, pharmacies for internal use, pha…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Rules common to all types of practice

Article R4321-128

The regular practice of physiotherapy, in any form whatsoever, within a State administration, a local authority or a public establishment is subject to a written contract, except in cases where the ph…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
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