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Showing 681690 of 56461 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 17-1-2006 n° 04-13.789

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inspections by the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire and approved bodies

Article R1333-172

I.-The person responsible for the nuclear activity, as referred to in Article L. 1333-8, is required to have the rules that have been put in place in terms of :1° Collective protection, taking into ac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1729 G

1. Any delay in the payment of sums due in respect of the advance payment provided for in 2° of 2 of Article 204 A or the additional withholding tax provided for in IV of Article 204 H shall give rise…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: French Development Agency

Article R515-17

I. - In addition to its Chairman, the Agency's Board of Directors comprises seventeen members, appointed as follows: 1° Five members representing the State, including : a) Two members appointed by dec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Content and transmission of the contract.

Article L1251-17

The assignment contract is sent to the employee no later than two working days after it is made available.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L531-17

If the applicant so requests and if the request appears to be manifestly well-founded due to the difficulty for the applicant to explain all the reasons for their asylum application, in particular tho…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article R743-17

The order is communicated to the public prosecutor. It shall be notified by any means and as soon as possible to the foreign national and his counsel, if he has one, as well as to the authority that o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Composition of gases

Article R4461-17

Without prejudice to the occupational exposure limit values laid down in articles R. 4222-10, R. 4412-149 and R. 4412-150, the air or mixtures breathed during work must have the following characterist…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Refusal to pay for a professional transition project

Article R6323-17

The interested party may request mediation from France Compétences in application ofarticle R. 6123-14 of the Labour Code. At the request of France Compétences, the regional cross-industry joint commi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-17-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 41, when exercising his jurisdiction pursuant to this section, the Counter-Terrorism Public Prosecutor may, by judicial delegation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-17-1

Each of the persons who effectively directs the business of the undertaking within the meaning of Article L. 532-2 and each member of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board, the Management Boar…

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