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Showing 18711880 of 56695 articles for Art. comité juridique of 9 January 2019

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: National Council

Article R4311-91

…lternate members elected in pairs.These pairs are divided into seven sectors determined by an order of the Minister of Health on the basis of the territorial jurisdiction of the regional and inter-reg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Site or operation contract

Article L1236-9

…greement referred to in Article L. 1223-8 so provides, an employee who is made redundant at the end of a worksite or operations contract may be given priority for re-employment on an open-ended contra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings.

Article L2262-9

…s are bound by a convention or agreement, may bring all legal actions resulting therefrom on behalf of their members, without having to prove a mandate from the interested party, provided that the lat…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to sole traders

Article L711-9

This book applies to sole traders with the status defined in

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rescript

Article R217-9

…7 formally takes a position on the factual situation described by the applicant, within two months of the date of receipt of the application or the necessary additional information. Its decision is n…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-98

For the risk assessment, the employer estimates the level of dust corresponding to each work process and classifies them according to the following three levels:a) First level: dust with a value of le…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-97

I. - The client, the project manager or the owner of buildings by nature or by destination, equipment, materials or articles who decides on an operation involving risks of exposure of workers to asbes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-99

The employer must transcribe the results of its risk assessment for each process in the single risk assessment document. The document is updated whenever a process is modified, resulting in a change i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: National Disciplinary Chamber

Article R4311-93

…distributed as follows:1° Six full members and six alternate members, elected by the full members of the National Council from among its members for three years;2° Two full members and two alternate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: National Disciplinary Chamber

Article R4311-94

The date of the elections to the national disciplinary chamber is announced by the national council under the same conditions as those laid down inarticle R. 4311-92.Candidates shall make their candid…

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