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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Start-up and shut-down controls

Article R4324-14

…his stop device is such that: 1° Stopping the work equipment takes priority over starting commands; 2° Once the work equipment or its dangerous parts have been stopped, the energy supply to the actuat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissioning authorisation.

Article R6312-37

…response within two months of receipt of the application, this will be deemed to be tacit approval. 2° The transfer may only be refused for one of the following reasons, assessed on the date of the de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L744-12

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Issue of approval

Article R7232-12

…s to fulfil the conditions or respect the obligations mentioned in articles R. 7232-4 to R. 7232-9; 2° Does not comply with the legal provisions relating to health and safety at work; 3° Carries out a…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2221-4

…les of association shall in particular lay down: 1° Their number, which may not be less than three; 2° The categories of persons from which those of them who do not belong to the municipal council are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L330-2

…t on the European Economic Area or in the State whose law governs the system concerned mentioned in 2°, 3° or 4° of I of Article L. 330-1, and remitted or lodged as collateral to meet payment obligati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct and organisation

Article R519-20

…ate name, business address or registered office address and registration number of their principal; 2° In the case of an intermediary covered by 2° of the first paragraph of Article R. 519-4, the name…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-20

…of the withdrawing member are purchased, where applicable at the end of the period provided for in 2° of B of I of article 5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-12-1

In the cases provided for by 6° of Article 706-53-2, the person must be informed and provided with the document provided for by Article R. 53-8-9 are made, under the conditions set out in the third an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Fees charged by judicial auctioneers

Article A444-5

…owing numbers in the table mentioned in article A. 444-1:1° Number 2 (purely descriptive inventory);2° Number 3 (inventory reconciliation);3° Number 6 (assistance with summary proceedings and registra…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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