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Showing 601610 of 54779 articles for Art. Ordinance 2019-359 of 24 April 2019 – restrictive-practices reform

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-24

…for health monitoring are carried out by one or more laboratories approved by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail un…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Breastfeeding facilities

Article R4152-24

…comply with the regulatory requirements for establishments and services for children under the age of six.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Open-cast earthworks.

Article R4534-24

Trenches more than 1.30 metres deep and no more than two-thirds the width of the trench must be shored, braced or propped if their walls are vertical or substantially vertical. The walls of other tren…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Economic and financial provisions

Article R5312-24

Pôle emploi is not subject to Chapter II of Title II of Book I of the regulatory part of the Code du Domaine de l'Etat and to the provisions of Decree No. 86-455 of 14 March 1986 relating to the aboli…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: National Disciplinary Chamber.

Article R4322-24

…nate members elected by the national council from among its members and former members for a period of three years;2° Three full members and three alternate members elected for six years by the nation…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-24

1° For the purposes of 1° to 5° of article D. 331-23, points are only awarded if the following conditions are met for the video game in question: a) The authors and creative collaborators are either F…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R6223-24

Any shareholder may, at any time, obtain copies of the documents referred to in the previous article, minute books, accounting records and documents and, more generally, any documents held by the comp…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-24

The director or manager of the establishment or service must inform the President of the Departmental Council without delay of any proposed change relating to one of the elements of the application fo…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions specific to advances, guarantees and termination indemnities

Article R2192-24

In the event of payment of an advance pursuant to article R. 2191-3, the time limit for payment of the advance shall run from: 1° either the date of notification of the contract; 2° or, where the cont…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R4441-24

…embers replace, where appropriate, full members who are prevented from sitting or who cease to hold office for any reason before the end of their term of office. In the latter case, the term of office…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
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