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Showing 14911500 of 53863 articles for Art. Rép. Cherki: AN 24-1-2017 n° 94515

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Inspections and periodic coordination meetings.

Article R4513-1

During operations, each company implements the measures set out in the prevention plan. The head of the user company will check with the heads of the external companies that the measures decided upon…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article L351-1

The provisions of the article mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: A…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: House arrest or administrative detention

Article R753-1

…ompetent to place a foreigner seeking asylum under house arrest or in administrative detention pursuant to article L. 753-1 is the département prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions required to practise as an orthopaedic technician

Article R4364-10-2

If the Prefect does not respond within eight months of receiving an application for authorisation to practise in application of 2° of article D. 4364-10-1, the application will be rejected.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Cases in which foreign nationals seeking asylum may be placed under house arrest or in detention

Article L753-1

…tention a foreigner applying for asylum who is the subject of a deportation decision, a penalty of ban from French territory pursuant to article 131-30 of the penal code or an administrative ban from…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Prevention plan.

Article R4512-10

The prevention plan sets out how maintenance costs are to be shared between the external companies whose workers use the premises and facilities provided for in article R. 4513-8 and made available by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Isolated work.

Article R4512-14

For work carried out in an agricultural establishment, the provisions of article R. 4512-13 only apply to work carried out on or near the premises of the farm, business or establishment.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Employee information.

Article R4512-16

Time spent providing information to employees is treated as actual working time.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Isolated work.

Article R4512-13

When the operation is carried out at night or in an isolated place or at a time when the activity of the user company is interrupted, the manager of the external company concerned shall take the neces…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Prevention plan.

Article R4512-11

The technical files containing the information relating to the search for and identification of asbestos-containing materials provided for in articles R. 1334-29-4 to R. 1334-29-6 of the Public Health…

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