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Showing 22512260 of 21202 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 15 December 2010

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-19

To carry out the analysis programme provided for in articles R. 1321-10, R. 1321-15, R. 1321-15-1 and R. 1321-16 and for the additional analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-17 and R. 1321-18, wat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article R4424-7-1

…pursuant to Article L. 300-6-1 du code de l'urbanisme, l'examen conjoint prévu à l'article L. 4424-15-1 takes place at the initiative of the authority mentioned in article R. 300-15 of the town plann…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R596-2

…ovisions are applicable in New Caledonia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by operation of law…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R595-2

…ovisions shall apply in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by operation of law…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-2

…774 of 24 July 2019 on the organisation and transformation of the healthcare system.Article L. 5125-15 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law No. 2020-1525 of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R490-6

…dge intends to request the opinion of the European Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Employee privileges.

Article L625-7

…guard proceedings: 1° By the lien established by Articles L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15 of the Labour Code, for the causes and amounts defined in the said articles; 2° By the lien of 3°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Insurance and bonding of sworn commodity brokers

Article R131-8

…ying the name of the credit institution with which the account provided for in 1° of article L. 131-15 as well as the number of this account, the amount and duration of the guarantee granted and any r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6352-16

…eas of competence of the local authority are, in cases where the first paragraph of Article LO 6351-15, negotiated and signed by the authorities of the Republic.At its request, the President of the Te…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Working conditions

Article R4141-16

…technique, a worker exposed to new risks or assigned to one of the tasks defined in article R. 4141-15 will receive the safety training provided for in that same article. This training is supplemented…

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