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Showing 18511860 of 18997 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 27 Sept. 2005 – no. 03-18.579

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Exposure to asbestos in buildings.

Article R1337-3-1

…s mentioned in article R. 1334-16 to comply with any of the obligations defined in articles R. 1334-27 to R. 1334-29, article R. 1334-29-2, the first and second paragraphs of article R. 1334-29-3 and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-136

…ect to the specific provisions relating to them respectively, which are set out in articles R. 5132-27 and R. 5132-86.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Poisonous substances.

Article L5432-1

I. - Any failure, in the context of a regulated activity, to comply with the provisions adopted in application of article L. 5132-8 is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €375,000:1°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-6

…ears, from exercising a professional or social activity, pursuant to the provisions of articles 131-27 and 131-28 of the Criminal Code. In the same cases, the court may prohibit the convicted person,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-51

The seizure, whether descriptive or real, provided for in Article L. 623-27-1 is ordered by the president of one of the judicial courts mentioned in Article D. 631-1, within whose jurisdiction the ope…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Works team

Article R4461-45

…at least three workers who hold the hyperbaric aptitude certificate referred to in Article R. 4461-27, between whom the following functions are divided: 1° Operator working in a hyperbaric environmen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation of the commune

Article L2573-3

…of French Polynesia, in accordance with the articles 97 and 134 de la loi organique n° 2004-192 du 27 février 2004 portant statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française,". III.-For the application of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Flexible working days

Article L3121-62

…les L. 3121-20 and L. 3121-22; 3° To the legal weekly working hours provided for in article L. 3121-27.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorising establishments performing pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2131-32

…establishment authorised to carry out pre-implantation diagnosis in application of article R. 2131-27 is required to submit an annual activity report to the regional health agency and the Agence de l…

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

Article R4216-21

…to comply with: 1° The provisions relating to the prevention of explosions set out in articles R. 4227-42 et seq.; 2° The provisions of article R. 4215-12; 3° Les dispositions spécifiques de l'arrêté…

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