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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Definition of a procedure

Article R4412-145

…shall draw up operating instructions specifying in particular: 1° The nature of the work ; 2° The materials involved; 3° The frequency and procedures for checking the level of dust in the process used…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Personal recovery without compulsory liquidation

Article L741-1

If the examination of the request for treatment of the overindebtedness situation reveals that the debtor is in the irremediably compromised situation defined in the second paragraph of article L. 724…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Personal recovery without compulsory liquidation

Article R741-1

…a personal recovery without judicial liquidation, this decision is notified to the parties by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. This letter mentions the provisions of article L. 741-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to the sale and pledging of a business.

Article R143-1

…and L. 143-13 to L. 143-15, the purchaser who wishes to secure himself from the proceedings of registered creditors is required, on pain of forfeiture, before the proceedings or within fifteen days of…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R2113-15

…r proposed allocations by the municipal commission concerning housing located outside the municipal territory relate to a proportion of such housing equal to the ratio between the total population of…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Deduction of spouse's salary

Article 154

I. For the purposes of determining industrial and commercial profits and the profits of non-commercial professions, the salary of the spouse actually participating in the exercise of the profession ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4361-18-1

…of the French language results in a decision that may be appealed to the administrative court with territorial jurisdiction.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Issuing the summons to pay as a form of seizure to the debtor

Article R321-1

…d by one of the spouses constitutes the family residence, the summons is served on the spouse, no later than the first working day following service of the document.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions.

Article L1251-1

…the temporary employment company.Where the user is a legal entity governed by public law, this chapter applies, subject to the provisions of section 6.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Public contracts concluded in application of international rules

Article L2512-1

…o public contracts which must be concluded in accordance with the procedures laid down by : 1° An international agreement or administrative arrangement relating to the stationing of troops; 2° An inte…

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