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Showing 541550 of 24607 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-5-2016 n° 15/03664

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Traffic routes and access

Article R4214-15

When installing escalators and moving walkways, lifts, goods lifts, vehicle parking facilities and passenger lifts in a building intended to accommodate workers at a speed not exceeding 0.15 metres pe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Workshops and integration projects.

Article L5132-15-1

…tracts with unemployed people experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in application of article L. 1242-3. During the performance of these contracts, one or more agreements concl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Challenging the measures imposed

Article R733-15

The call to creditors provided for in Article L. 733-12 shall be published by the registry of the judicial court in accordance with the forms provided for in Article R. 723-2. Failing agreement betwee…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L754-12

…apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II and III, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-15

…velopment actions undertaken during the previous financial year by the municipalities receiving allocations under the solidarity fund provided for in the said article..

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative penalties

Article L241-15

Any breach of the provisions of article L. 217-28 relating to the suspension of the guarantee period is punishable by an administrative fine of up to 3,000 euros for a natural person and 15,000 euros…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation and penalties.

Article L1226-15

…ng to the reinstatement of the employee, as provided for inarticle L. 1226-8, the court hearing the case may propose that the employee be reinstated in the company, with his acquired benefits being ma…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conduct of the competition

Article R2162-15

…tends to award a service contract to the winner or one of the winners of the design contest in application of article R. 2122-6, it must indicate this in the contest notice.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-15

…in articles L. 3122-1 to L. 3122-24, L. 3163-1 and L. 3163-2 and the decrees issued for their application is punishable by a fifth-class fine, imposed for each number of employees affected by the off…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Occupational health

Article R1432-157

Notwithstanding decree no. 82-453 of 28 May 1982 relating to health and safety at work and medical prevention in the civil service, the provisions of Title II of Book VI of Part IV of the regulatory p…

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