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Showing 24512460 of 69024 articles for Art. L. 221-8 + Art. R. 221-30 à R. 221-37

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5151-8

Personal data and information recorded in the personal activity account information system are kept for as long as the account is open and for a period of three years from the date of the account hold…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Seizure by immobilisation of the vehicle

Article R223-8

In all other cases, the bailiff will draw up an immobilisation report. Under penalty of nullity, this document contains 1° A reference to the enforcement order under which the vehicle was immobilised;…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial assistance

Article R5132-8

The financial assistance is paid to the integration enterprise for each full-time position occupied. Where appropriate, the amount of aid is reduced in proportion to the number of jobs filled. Its bas…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions for the participation of economic operators from countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area

Article R2342-8

Where the purchaser decides to open the award procedure to economic operators from countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, it shall indicate in the call for tenders the acc…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exposure limit values

Article R4451-8

The exposure of young people aged at least sixteen and under eighteen to ionising radiation does not exceed: 1° For the whole body, 6 millisieverts over 12 consecutive months, assessed on the basis of…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Rules common to all types of practice.

Article R4127-84

The regular practice of medicine, in any form whatsoever, within a State administration, a local authority or a public establishment must be the subject of a written contract, except in cases where th…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Contracts involving instalments

Article R2391-8

In the case of a contract with instalments, an advance is paid to the contractor for each instalment completed under the conditions set out in sub-section 1.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Protests.

Article R511-8

The court clerk shall give the bailiff or notary who filed the copies of the protest one of these copies, after having dated and signed it. This copy shall be equivalent to a receipt.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-86

The electoral quotient is calculated by college or, if there is one, by sub-college.The pre-electoral agreement may provide, depending on the specific circumstances of each regional health agency and…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Sampling and official control of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5141-80

…ral of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail. It is enclosed in a sealed bag and labelled with the name of the medicinal product or constituent…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
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