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Showing 23012310 of 64235 articles for Art. s. 635 and 638 · C. com. Arts. L 141-12

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Notifications

Article 1230-1

The protected person is notified of the judgment ruling on an application to open a protective measure or ordering family habilitation of an adult; notice of this is given to the public prosecutor.How…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: National Commission for Decentralised Cooperation (R)

Article R1115-12

Commission members are entitled to reimbursement of their travel expenses.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-12

The sentenced person is not eligible to file an application concerning one of the measures covered by the provisions of Article 712-4 as long as a previous application relating to the same measure has…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition

Article R1432-128

The list of trade unions entitled to appoint representatives and the number of seats to which they are entitled are set by order of the ministers responsible for health, health insurance, the elderly…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition

Article R1432-129

…nisation submits a written request to the Chairman of the Committee. The trade union organisation will replace the representative within the same period.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4453-12

A joint order by the ministers for labour and agriculture specifies the conditions for measuring, calculating and digitally simulating electromagnetic field levels.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Coordination of prevention.

Article R4511-12

The managers of external companies shall provide the Labour Inspectorate, at its request, with a statement of the hours actually spent on carrying out the operation by the workers assigned to it.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable before the Assize Court

Article 706-129

Where, pursuant to articles 349-1 and 361-1, the Assize Court has, in the course of its deliberations, answered in the affirmative the first question relating to the commission of the acts and in the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to adults.

Article 1237-1

At the end of the meeting of this board, each member present signs the deliberation taken. Within eight days, the Chairman of the Board shall deliver the deliberation to the Registrar or send it to th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application

Article 1218-1

The application for the protection of a person of full age provided for in article 1218 also mentions the persons belonging to the entourage of the adult to be protected listed in the first paragraph…

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