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Showing 60116020 of 61409 articles for Art. al. 5 and al. 6

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exposure limit values

Article R4451-6

…he following exposure limit values, assessed on the basis of the corresponding equivalent doses: a) 500 millisieverts over twelve consecutive months, for the extremities and the skin. For the skin, th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-6

The list of Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area in which the accreditation conditions, the authorisation conditions or the approval conditions…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal support measures

Article 495-6

Only a judicial agent for the protection of adults registered on the list provided for in article

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Procedure.

Article L463-6

The penalties laid down in Article 226-13 of the Criminal Code, the disclosure by one of the parties of information concerning another party or a third party and of which it was only able to become aw…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Promissory notes.

Article L512-6

The subscriber of a promissory note is obliged in the same way as the acceptor of a bill of exchange.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation.

Article R461-6

The chairman of the Competition Authority determines the number and composition of the sections; he assigns the members of the Competition Authority to each of them.Each section is chaired by the chai…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of prison sentences

Article 627-18

…that person to serve his sentence of imprisonment there, the sentence pronounced shall be directly and immediately enforceable upon the transfer of that person to national soil, for the portion of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of prison sentences

Article 627-19

…person is presented to the public prosecutor of the place of arrival, who will question the person and draw up a report. However, if the examination cannot be carried out immediately, the person is t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of prison sentences

Article 627-20

If the sentenced person applies for work release, semi-liberty, reduction of sentence, splitting or suspension of sentence, home detention under electronic monitoring or conditional release, the appli…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation (R).

Article R1221-6

A representative of the minister responsible for local authorities and a representative of the manager of the fund for the individual right to training of local elected representatives attend meetings…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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