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Showing 331340 of 64513 articles for Art. L. 133-4 et R. 133-3

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-4

…examiners for the technical examination shall be constituted by the commission mentioned in Article R. 15-33-1. When an alternate member of the jury replaces a full member, he or she sits for the enti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposed measures

Article R15-33-45

Where the provisions of the fifteenth paragraph of Article 41-2, the report referred to in Article R. 15-33-40 or a separate record specifies the conditions under which the victim was informed, which…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposed measures

Article R15-33-44

…the public prosecutor provided for by this paragraph is appended to the report mentioned in article R. 15-33-40 which is signed by the judicial police officer.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Telehealth in the workplace

Article R4624-41-3

…ofessional of his choice and the worker's information about the conditions, provided for in Article R. 4624-41-6, under which this participation is reimbursed by the health insurance scheme. The worke…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-4

The duration of the period of Ineligibility referred to in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 for a breach of 4° of article L. 232-10 and article L. 232-9-2 is four years. It may be reduced under the follow…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions relating to the Central Pricing Office.

Article R250-4-3

When, pursuant to Articles L. 215-1 and L. 215-2, the Central Rates Office rules in matters of tenants' and lessors' civil liability insurance or co-owners' civil liability insurance on a referral fro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Directors elected or appointed by employees

Article R225-34-4

The time devoted to training directors elected by the general meeting of shareholders pursuant to Article L. 225-23 and directors elected by employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1 is d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Occupational health medical file

Article R4624-45-3

The occupational health medical file provided for in Article L. 4624-8 is compiled in secure digital format, for each worker benefiting from individual monitoring of his state of health in an occupati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guaranteeing employees' purchasing power

Article R*3231-4

When the minimum growth wage is increased in application of the provisions of article L. 3231-5, a joint order of the ministers responsible for labour, agriculture and the economy and finance announce…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Waiver or limitation

Article R613-45-3

When a limitation procedure is closed pursuant to the fifth paragraph of Article L. 613-24, the Institute shall refund the limitation request fee. The decision to close the limitation procedure is not…

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