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Showing 12011210 of 39346 articles for Art. s. L. 145-15 & L. 145-47–55

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Standards

Article D4622-47-2

…certification of inter-company occupational health and prevention services provided for in Article L. 4622-9-3 is issued by a certifying body accredited by the French Accreditation Committee or by an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-2

…ning provided for in this article is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 Euros. Notwithstanding the provisions of the articles 132-2 to 132-5 of the Penal Code, these penalties…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-55-1

…of Directors working at the Ecole nationale de ski et d'alpinisme ;b) Two representatives of trainees.II. - The Steering Committee of the Centre national de ski nordique et de moyenne montagne compris…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-55

…trial detention or police custody, the identity of the victims and the progress of these proceedings. Where consultations have been initiated with the competent authorities of the Member States conce…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions common to mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management and with a supervisory board and management board

Article R322-55-3

…an of the Supervisory Board which, in the absence of an express provision, is set at sixty-five years. Any appointment made in breach of the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be null and voi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions common to mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management and with a supervisory board and management board

Article R322-55-4

…on a specific agenda.The Chairman is bound by requests made to him under the two preceding paragraphs.2° The Chairman of the Supervisory Board must convene a meeting of the Board on a date no later th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article R*431-55

…hairman of the Board of Directors of the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance. It may call upon rapporteurs. The secretariat of the Committee is provided by the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4a: Supervision of the practice of the profession

Article R422-55-3

Controls are carried out by one or more controllers chosen by the President of the Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle from among industrial property attorneys or former members…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of socio-medico-judicial security centres

Article R53-8-55

The tasks and organisation of the medico-socio-judicial security centres, as well as the conditions under which the detainees' lawyers and the judicial authority have access to information relating to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local savings companies.

Article R512-55-1

When a member of the guidance and supervisory board of the savings and provident institution elected by the employee members is no longer an employee of the savings institution or a member of a local…

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