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Showing 33713380 of 22656 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 28-11-2006 n° 05-20.436

French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R3352-2

Establishing a 3rd or 4th category on-trade premises without respecting the distances determined by prefectoral decree from existing premises in the same categories is punishable by a 5th class fine.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exhibitions subject to authorisation

Article R4451-89

I.-In exceptional circumstances, when collective and individual protection measures are unable to guarantee that workers' exposure remains below the exposure limit values provided for in Article R. 44…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exhibitions subject to authorisation

Article R4451-91

The employer shall ensure that the worker concerned: 1° Has given his agreement to carry out this work; 2° Has the benefit of all the appropriate means of protection; 3° Is classified as category A; 4…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exhibitions subject to authorisation

Article R4451-90

The level of exceptional exposure does not exceed 50 millisieverts over twelve consecutive months in terms of effective dose or equivalent dose to the lens of the eye, provided that the average annual…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing dose overruns

Article R4451-94

At the end of the exposure situations provided for in sub-section 1, during the period in which the dose received remains above one of the limit values set in Article R. 4451-6 and by way of derogatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exhibitions subject to authorisation

Article R4451-92

The application for authorisation must include : 1° The name and registered office of the company and the address of the establishment; 2° The name and address of the occupational health and safety de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exhibitions subject to authorisation

Article R4451-93

I.-The labour inspector mentioned in article L. 8112-1 will inform the employer of his decision as soon as possible, taking into account the exceptional circumstances, and at the latest within fifteen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exposure on board spacecraft

Article R4451-95

The limit value for effective dose and equivalent dose for the crystalline lens laid down in Article R. 4451-6 may be waived during a space flight provided that the employer ensures that these doses a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transnational posting of workers

Article R364-2

Failure by an employer to submit the documents referred to in articles R. 342-7, R. 342-8, R. 342-10 and R. 342-11 to the Labour Inspector, or the documents referred to in article R. 342-12 to the Dir…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Simplified exchange of information between departments pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 18 December 2006

Article R49-38

The departments and units referred to in Article 695-9-31 may postpone their response if they are unable to provide the information requested within the time limit set pursuant to Article R. 49-37. Th…

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