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Showing 32213230 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Work carried out using work equipment

Article R4323-63

Ladders, stepladders and steps may not be used as workstations. However, such equipment may be used where it is technically impossible to use equipment for the collective protection of workers, or whe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Work carried out using work equipment

Article R4323-64

Rope access and positioning techniques may not be used to create a workstation. However, where it is technically impossible to use equipment for the collective protection of workers, or where the risk…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-6

For the preparations mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of Article L. 5121-1, only raw materials meeting the specifications of the pharmacopoeia may be used, unless no raw material meeting these specification…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article R128-6

…and personal data recorded in the national file of persons prohibited from managing: 1° Pursuant to 3° of Article L. 128-2 :a) Judicial police officers of the national police, individually designated…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIa: Socio-judicial supervision

Article 763-6

…in accordance with the conditions laid down in the third, fourth and fifth paragraphs of Article 703. The court may decide to relieve the convicted person of only part of his obligations. After obtai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Authorisation to occupy the public domain constituting rights in rem

Article L1311-6

…rights and property and in the cases provided for in the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 1311-6-1, than to a person approved by the local authorities, their groupings and their public establ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-17

The obligation to report provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article 706-53-5 shall be carried out, every month, every six months or every year as the case may be, within the periods determined in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Prosecution and jurisdiction

Article 693

…ot exclusive of the possible application of the specific rules of jurisdiction provided by articles 628-1,697-3,704-1,705,706-17,706-75,706-107,706-108 et 706-176. The Paris court has concurrent juris…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative composition

Article R232-89-1

…s been proposed expresses a refusal or fails to make a decision within the time limit stipulated in 3° of II of article R. 232-89 ; 2° If no agreement is reached within the time limit mentioned in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-6

…om among its members a Vice-Chairman chosen from among the members of the colleges mentioned in 2°, 3°, 4° or 5° of article R. 1313-4, who exercises all the prerogatives of the Chairman in the event o…

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