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Showing 951960 of 21840 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 25 novembre 2020 n° 18-86955

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article R1441-18

The representative provided for in Article L. 1441-18 submits the organisation's list(s) for each industrial tribunal in the département for which he is appointed.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-7

…ing information about the measures and obligations mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 706-25-8, and then every three months; 2° To declare any changes of address, within fifteen days at the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Disputes

Article R2352-18

…nvestigated and judged in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 2324-24 and R. 2324-25 .However, the dispute is lodged: 1° Within a period of fifteen days from the notification of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Disputes

Article R2372-18

…nvestigated and judged in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 2324-24 and R. 2324-25. However, the dispute is lodged: 1° Within a period of fifteen days from the notification of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-25-2

By way of derogation from Article 11, the Anti-Terrorist Public Prosecutor, for investigation or prosecution proceedings initiated on the basis of one or more offences falling within the scope of Arti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Doctor applying for authorisation to practice.

Article R4623-25-3

I.-A candidate for ministerial authorisation to practise as a doctor, in the speciality of occupational medicine, as provided for in I of article L. 4111-2 of the Public Health Code, who has passed th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1804 A

…in five years of a settlement or conviction that became final after the entry into force of the loi n° 77-1453 du 29 décembre 1977 modifiée accordant des garanties de procédure aux contribuables en ma…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Characterisation of infringements of rights

Article R331-18

…ating the investigation procedure prior to inclusion on the list referred to in I of Article L. 331-25. The Director General of the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numériqu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of members of the profession and non-practising graduates

Article R4221-18

A pharmacist whose right to practise is suspended pursuant to article L. 4221-18 may be assisted by one or more persons of his choice when he is heard by the administrative authority that imposed the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R7125-25-2

…e volume of rights acquired each year under articles L. 2123-12-1, L. 3123-10-1, L. 4135-10-1, L. 7125-12-1, L. 7227-12-1 of this code and article L. 121-37-1 of the New Caledonian Local Authorities C…

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