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Showing 31313140 of 7235 articles for Art. n° 20-15164 · CCRCS opinion 2013-001

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement judge

Article D49-35

…modification from the sentenced person, communicates the case file to the public prosecutor for an opinion, before ruling by reasoned order or, if the public prosecutor has so requested, after an adv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-81-2

…sentence enforcement judge or the sentence enforcement court. The commission will issue a reasoned opinion within three months of the referral. In the absence of an opinion within this timeframe, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article R4422-17

Requests for opinions are notified to the President of the Corsican Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council by the President of the Executive Council or by the President of the Assembly o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Special provisions applicable to magnetic resonance imaging equipment intended for patient care in the health sector or for research in this field, governing the exceeding of exposure limit values relating to effects on health

Article R4453-32

…the specific measures taken in the event of work being carried out by an external company; 9° The opinion of the occupational physician and the opinion of the social and economic committee.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Individual health monitoring for temporary workers

Article R4625-11

…ruitment; 2° The worker is to occupy an identical job with equivalent exposure risks; 3° No medical opinion issued under articles L. 4624-3 or opinion of unfitness issued in application of L. 4624-4 h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Occupational physician

Article R4626-12

…not renew his fixed-term contract is taken after receiving the assent of the Labour Inspector. This opinion is given after consultation of the competent social and economic committee and the opinion o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation for creation or transfer

Article R5126-86

…on referred to in article R. 5126-74 is issued by the Minister of the Interior, after obtaining the opinion of the Minister of Defence and informing the Director General of the regional health agency…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with the obligation

Article D8254-11

…français de l'immigration et de l'intégration (French Office for Immigration and Integration),, its opinion on the arrangements for implementing the special contribution in respect of each of the pers…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Availability.

Article R6152-65

…ional de Gestion and, except in the cases mentioned in I of article R. 6152-64, after obtaining the opinion of the head of the department, the head of the service, the chairman of the establishment's…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-29-1

I. - For foreign issuers, the market on which the highest volume of securities is traded is determined on the basis of an annual average of the number of securities traded on 31 December of the previo…

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