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Showing 37713780 of 68221 articles for Art. I-3° and Art. 156 bis

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

Article D1441-22-3

…anisation that may be recorded in the automated processing are as follows: 1° Surnames, first names and title ; 2° Their personal or professional postal and e-mail addresses; 3° Personal or profession…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-3

…f the file that must be attached to this application is set by order of the Minister for the Social and Solidarity Economy and the Minister for Employment. If the Prefect remains silent for two months…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-3

…the public prosecutor or examining magistrate, or the court hearing the case, the results obtained and the documents received are returned by the head of the technical body either to the author of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-3

Research may only be carried out under the following conditions:- under the direction and supervision of a doctor with appropriate experience ;- in material and technical conditions appropriate to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Apprenticeship agreements with legal entities governed by public law

Article D6271-3

…the provisions relating to working hours set out in Book I of Part Three, as well as health, safety and working conditions set out in Part Four and, where applicable, the Rural and Marine Fishing Code…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Placement with a view to adoption

Article 352

If the parents have requested the return of the child whose filiation has been established, the child may not be placed until a ruling has been given on the merits of this request at the request of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Placement with a view to adoption

Article 351

Placement with a view to adoption concerns wards of the state or children judicially declared abandoned. In the case of full adoption, it also concerns children for whom adoption has been validly and…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 350

Any application for recusal against the first president of the court of appeal and any application for dismissal on grounds of legitimate suspicion against the court of appeal as a whole must be the s…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 349

…a ground for challenge subsequently becomes apparent. The application shall be lodged, investigated and judged in accordance with the provisions of the articles in articles 341 to 348.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exchanging and sharing information between professionals

Article R1110-3-5

…ealthcare professional or the professional from the medico-social or social sector mentioned in III bis of article L. 1110-4 and who belongs to one of the categories listed in article R. 1110-2 may ex…

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