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Showing 54115420 of 58536 articles for Art. II · Cass. 3e civ. 15 September 2010 · Cass. 3e civ. 4 November 1998

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Reimbursement by the State

Article R3232-4

State aid is paid on production of nominative statements by the employer, showing how the supplementary allowance has been calculated and approved by the labour inspectorate. Payment is made within th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Characteristics of workplaces

Article R4224-4

The employer shall take all necessary steps to ensure that only workers authorised to do so have access to danger zones. Appropriate measures are taken to protect these workers.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Council for Periodic Certification

Article D4022-4

Rules of procedure govern the operation of the collegiate body and the professional committees. They specify the procedures for convening members to meetings, forwarding agendas and organising meeting…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Leave to validate acquired experience

Article R6422-4

Within thirty calendar days of receipt of the request for leave, the employer shall notify the employee in writing of its agreement or of the service reasons for postponing the leave. This postponemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Vigilance relating to health products

Article R1413-61-4

I.-The tasks of the centres and coordinators mentioned in Article R. 1413-61-3 consist of : 1° Collecting and processing, each in their own field of competence and expertise, alerts relating to each o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Resale of second-hand medical devices

Article R5212-35-4

The certificate is accompanied by a file containing the following information: 1° The information contained in the register mentioned in 5° of article R. 5212-28 since the acquisition of the medical d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Sole traders with limited liability

Article A526-4

…ntrepreneur and the amounts of the claims secured by them; 3° The overall value of the liabilities; 4° A list of the assets of the estate subject to a security interest and, for each of the assets con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: EC declaration of conformity, full quality assurance system.

Article R5211-40-1

For Class IIa devices, the authorized body must, as part of the assessment of the quality system, assess the technical documentation for at least one representative sample of each device subcategory i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Timeshare contract.

Article L1252-4

The timeshare contract is deemed to be for an indefinite period.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Out-of-court sales with judicial authorisation

Article L322-4

The notarial deed of sale is only drawn up once the price has been deposited with the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and proof of payment of the costs of the sale and the taxed costs has been prov…

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