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Showing 14711480 of 62271 articles for Art. Trib. com. Bobigny 18 May 2018 · CA Lyon 12 September 2019 · Decree 2020-118 of 12 February 2020

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship

Article A321-12

The Sales House Council will draw up the list of candidates admitted to sit the traineeship entrance examination tests three weeks before the date of the first test of each session. Individual invitat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Risk assessment and dust measurement

Article R4412-128

…d adjacent premises, the employer shall check compliance with the value set in Article R. 1334-29-3 of the Public Health Code by measuring dust levels: 1° In the area approaching the work area ; 2° In…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Risk assessment and dust measurement

Article R4412-127

Prior to any work being carried out, the employer shall check the initial state of asbestos fibre dust in the air, in accordance with the provisions of article R. 1334-25 of the Public Health Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Risk assessment and dust measurement

Article R4412-126

The employer shall determine the level of dust generated by each work process in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of subsection 2. To this end, it shall implement a programme for measurin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation

Article L612-12

I. - Without prejudice to Article L. 612-8-1, the full Supervisory Board shall determine the organisational and operational principles, the budget and the internal rules of procedure of the AMF. It sh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-12

The list of sworn goods brokers is drawn up by each court of appeal at the request of the public prosecutor. It shall show, for each of them, the date of their registration as well as their profession…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal provisions

Article L425-12

…in a competition or sporting event organised or approved by the leagues, committees or federations of New Caledonia, in application of the anti-doping regulations laid down by New Caledonia, may not…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Electoral colleges.

Article L2314-12

An agreement may modify the number and composition of the electoral colleges provided that it is signed by all the representative trade union organisations in the company.The agreement concluded does…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 11: Medical care and rehabilitation activities

Article R6123-122

I.-The holder of the authorisation organises both full inpatient and part-time care. If the holder can only offer one form of care, it offers the other form by means of an agreement with another estab…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 511-12

The aid is awarded in the form of a grant, an advance or both.The choice of the form of aid and any resulting split between grant and advance are determined according to the characteristics of the wor…

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