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Showing 17311740 of 61711 articles for Art. R 330-2 · Cass. com. 7 July 2004 · CA Paris 5 November 2008

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Judgement on the application to remain in the waiting zone

Article R342-7

At the hearing, the administrative authority that applied for the foreign national to be kept in the waiting area or its representative, at its request or that of the judge, is heard.The foreign natio…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for initial applications for clinical trials on medicinal products

Article R1124-7

The Committees for the Protection of Individuals forward their unfavourable opinions to the National Commission for Research Involving the Human Person for information.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Automated national register of refusals to take blood samples

Article R1232-7

Applications for inclusion on the register are made on plain paper or by filling in the form made available to the public by the Agence de la biomédecine.The application for registration must be sent…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Withdrawal of assignment to one or more regulated jobs

Article R4733-7

When the decision has been given directly to the employer's representative or to the representative of the head of the establishment, a copy is sent to the employer or to the head of the establishment…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-5

The term referred to in the tenth paragraph of article L. 132-23 may not exceed the shorter of eight years or the maturity date of the guarantee. Before the maturity date mentioned in article L. 134-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.

Article L123-5-2

When the directors of a commercial company processing agricultural products, marketing food products, operating, directly or indirectly, one or more retail shops selling mass-market products or operat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Organisations approved for the collective management of the right to authorise the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R326-7

When it is granted approval under the conditions mentioned in Article L. 134-3, the collective management organisation shall publish the following information on its website without delay, in a dedica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Funeral operations

Article R1261-7

At the end of the medical teaching and research activities, the establishment determines the most appropriate type of funeral operation according to the nature of the activity performed on the body. I…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from the list of jobseekers

Article R5412-7

When considering taking a decision to deregister, the Director referred to in article R. 5312-26 shall inform the person concerned in advance, by any means giving a date certain, of the facts of which…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Secondment.

Article R6152-55

In the cases provided for in 2°, 4°, 6° and 8° of article R. 6152-51, the practitioner may not obtain a secondment before three years of service in his post.Only hospital practitioners appointed on a…

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