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Showing 751760 of 70794 articles for Art. R 143-1 à R 143-3 · Cass. com. 28 April 2004 · Cass. com. 20 October 1998 · Cass. com. 7 March 2000 · Cass. com. 25 February 2003 · Loi 2015-990 du 6 août 2015

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Boundaries and signs

Article R4451-25

The employer shall ensure that the delimitation of zones is always appropriate, particularly in the light of the results of the checks on the effectiveness of the means of prevention provided for in s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Intermediaries or persons authorised to hold financial instruments in custody

Article R775-25

Article R. 542-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5123-25

Before concluding a cessation of activity agreement, the employer consults the social and economic committee. It also undertakes to present them with an annual report on the application of the agreeme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Ethics and prevention of conflicts of interest

Article R1313-28

The Ethics and Conflicts of Interest Committee has between five and eight members. These members are appointed for a period of five years by order of the ministers responsible on the recommendation of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article R50-28

The provisions of articles 643 to 647 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply to the one-month and two-month time limits provided for in articles R. 50-15, R. 50-12-2 and R. 50-17.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Declaration of a witness's address at a police station or gendarmerie brigade

Article R53-25

When heard as witnesses before an investigating or trial court, persons who have benefited from the provisions of Article 706-57 are authorised to continue to declare the address of the police departm…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Assignment or pledging of receivables

Article R2391-28

The provisions of articles R. 2191-45 to R. 2191-63 apply.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Inter-constituency groupings.

Article R711-28

The grouping's bureau comprises a president, a secretary and a treasurer.To take account of local particularities, the missions of the interconsular grouping and the number of chambers making it up, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision of bodies offering continuing professional development activities

Article R4021-25

I.-The body or structure registered in application of article R. 4021-24 may propose continuing professional development initiatives, presented in dematerialised form in accordance with the model defi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-21

If a person subject to a measure taken pursuant to Article 706-25-16 not to comply with the obligations to which it is bound is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros.

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