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Showing 601610 of 55089 articles for Art. CA Bordeaux 2-3-2022 n° 18/04413

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Appointment of State representatives

Article R1213-18

…me Minister;2° Four representatives and their alternates by order of the Minister responsible for local authorities, ensuring equal representation of men and women;3° One representative and his or her…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of hazardous mixtures

Article R1342-18

…to in article L. 4411-4 of the Labour Code are authorised to provide persons who so request and who can prove their capacity in the field of public health protection with the information they hold con…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedural bodies and supervisors.

Article R621-18

…to the person who replaces him, in the presence of the juge-commissaire, the debtor being heard or called at the instance of the court clerk.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-18

The Agence de Services et de Paiement is authorised to carry out automated processing of personal data contained in decisions to award employability assistance. The purpose of the automated processing…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation agreements and secondments

Article R5132-18

Pursuant to Article L. 5132-9, the following conditions must be met: 1° The threshold stipulated in 1° of the aforementioned article is 16 hours; 2° The total duration stipulated in 2° of the same art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting system

Article R7345-18

The institution's expenditure includes: 1° Staff costs not covered by the State; 2° Operating costs; 3° Expenditure on the acquisition of movable and immovable property; 4° In general, all expenditure…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National medical biology commission

Article R6213-18

…mission, appointed by order of the Minister for Health, for a renewable term of five years:1° A medical biologist appointed by the Académie nationale de médecine ;2° A medical biologist appointed by t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure applicable in the event of a preliminary question being referred by the industrial tribunal

Article R7342-18

…rst and last instance. The time limit for appealing to the Supreme Court is fifteen days from notification of the judgment.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18

Within the limits of the services it is authorised to provide in its home country, and depending on the authorisation it has received there, any legal or natural person authorised to provide investmen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Professional equality between women and men and quality of life and working conditions

Article L2242-18

Negotiations on the professional integration and continued employment of disabled workers take place on the basis of a report drawn up by the employer setting out the situation with regard to the obli…

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