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Showing 30613070 of 8012 articles for Art. CJEU – Kontogeorgas – C-104/95 – 12 Dec. 1996

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to documents.

Article L8113-5-2

For the purposes of investigating and establishing the offences constituting illegal employment referred to in Article L. 8211-1, the inspection officers defined by regulation shall have a right of co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-21

…ntitlement to compensation over the period in question, under the conditions set out in Article R. 5122-11 ; g) The data included in the pay slip mentioned in 4° to 7°, 10° to 12° as well as 14° and 1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

Article R1424-33

…rs who, subject to specific rules laid down in application of article 23 of law no. 96-370 of 3 May 1996 relating to the development of volunteer work in the fire service, may not carry out this activ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-10

…ting the counterparty risk mentioned in 5° of I of Article R. 352-6 are defined in Articles 107 to 112 of the same regulation. The methods of application of this article specific to captive insurance…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Temporary work at a height

Article D4153-30

I.-It is forbidden to assign young people to temporary work at a height where the risk of falling from a height is not prevented by collective protection measures. II-The ban mentioned in I may be wai…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 13-8

…er products, using the same exemption value. Parent radionuclide Progeny Ra-224 Rn-220, Po-216, Pb-212, Bi-212, Tl-208 (0.36), Po-212 (0.64) Ra-226 Rn-222, Po-218, Pb-214, Bi-214, Po-214, Pb-210, Bi-2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Mandatory prior mediation

Article R5312-47

…ant to the deliberations of the Board of Directors of Pôle emploi referred to in 2° of Article R. 5312-6 ; 2° Decisions relating to cessation of registration on the jobseekers' list or to a change of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-100

The granting of the exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of national framework scheme no. SA.100959 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 20 December 2021 C(2021)9880, 16 March…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-3

…listed in items 1 (a) to 11 of Table 2 of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 of 3 September 2018; 2° If expressly requested by the issuing company or its authorised represe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-36

…cation of the obligations provided for in Article 706-25-8 and the article 19-II de la loi n° 2015-912 du 24 juillet 2015; h) Where applicable, dates of committal and release; 3° Miscellaneous informa…

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