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Showing 661670 of 42407 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 23-3-1994 n° 535

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Storage or handling of flammable substances

Article R4216-23

The premises mentioned in article R. 4216-22 as well as those in which substances or preparations classified as highly flammable or materials in such a physical state that they are likely to catch fir…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Specific provisions governing the exceeding of exposure limit values relating to sensory effects

Article R4453-23

The employer shall appoint a person to act as an advisor on the prevention of risks associated with electromagnetic fields. This person may be the employee on whom the employer relies under article R.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for securitisation undertakings or sub-funds of securitisation undertakings carrying insurance risks

Article D214-237

A securitisation undertaking covered by this subparagraph may enter into contracts transferring insurance risks under the conditions laid down in its articles of association or its regulations, subjec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-11

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat, issued after consultation with the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, shall lay down the terms and conditions for the application of this section.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Reducing public exposure to radon

Article L1333-23

Organisations involved in radon monitoring are authorised : 1° to carry out measurements of radon activity in built-up areas ; 2° To analyse radon activity measurements. These bodies transmit the resu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIb: Medical regulation assistants

Article L4393-23

A medical regulation assistant who is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and who is established and legally pra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-23

If, within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal, there is no sworn broker specialising in a given category of goods, or if this broker refuses, the court may appoint a broker in the speciality in q…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-23

Conviction for the penalties provided for in articles L. 6355-1 to L. 6355-22 may be accompanied, as an additional penalty, by a temporary or permanent ban on exercising the activity of manager of a v…

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

Article R6213-23

The Chairman of the Committee may : 1° Propose, after hearing the interested party, that a member who has been absent without justified reason from more than three consecutive meetings be replaced by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5123-23

Partial coverage by the State of the replacement income under an early retirement allowance agreement may only be granted if the national professional agreement has determined : 1° Its scope of applic…

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