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Showing 28012810 of 56635 articles for Art. Decree 2023-1409 of 29-12-2023

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article R15-33-66-12

The processing may be linked to the processing of personal data known as APPI created by Article R. 57-4-1.It may also be linked to the national criminal record.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-12-1

In the cases provided for by 6° of Article 706-53-2, the person must be informed and provided with the document provided for by Article R. 53-8-9 are made, under the conditions set out in the third an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Issue of the licence and prior declaration

Article R7123-12-1

For the application of the provisions of article L. 7123-4-1, models recognised as service providers established in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Combating the presence of asbestos

Article L1334-12-1

The owners, or failing that the operators, of built-up buildings shall have them inspected for the presence of asbestos; if asbestos is found to be present, they shall have a diagnosis made of the sta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-12-1

The court-appointed administrator shall be allocated, in respect of the work he has carried out in connection with the new cash contributions provided for in L. 626-10, a fee, the maximum amount of wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-12-1

In accordance with the provisions of Article R. 663-12-1, the emolument due to the court-appointed administrator for the work he has carried out in connection with new cash contributions pursuant to t…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-12-1

…n article R. 342-12-2, its guidelines and any modifications to them must be approved by the Prefect of the département in which the facility concerned is located before it begins operating or before t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-12

…n with the local authorities concerned, the consular bodies and the social partners who are members of the regional joint inter-professional committee. Their implementation is monitored and evaluated,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryonic stem cell research.

Article R2151-12-4

All research declared under Article L. 2151-6 is placed under the direction of a responsible person designated by the declaration mentioned in Article R. 2151-12-2. The person responsible for the rese…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Pre-employment declaration.

Article L1221-12-1

…ity scheme, other than private individuals employing an employee in their service, and whose number of pre-employment declarations made during the previous calendar year exceeds a threshold set by dec…

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