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Showing 26612670 of 32018 articles for Art. R. 145-20

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorities or persons contributing to judicial supervision

Article R16

…sed under the conditions and according to the rules of competence and procedure defined by articles R. 15-35 to R. 15-40.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R336

For the application of article R. 182, the sum of : "6.86 euros" is replaced by : "10.06 euros (1,200 F CFP)".

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Legal costs

Article R425

A article R. 229, the words: "payment of the expenditure voucher by the administrator into the hands of this accountant" are replaced by the word: "payment".

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article R2352-5

Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 2352-3, the number of seats per Member State on the special negotiating body is equal to : 1° Up to 10% of the total workforce: 1 seat; 2° From more than…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The National Disciplinary Committee.

Article R724-7

The list of members of the Commission nationale de discipline des membres des tribunaux de commerce shall be published in the Journal officiel de la République française by order of the First Presiden…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-10

Testing of medicinal products, within the meaning of 9° of article L. 5121-20, means all chemical, pharmaceutical and biological tests, non-clinical tests and clinical trials. Without prejudice to the…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Certificate of conformity

Article R752-44-10

…e limit of the period of validity of the commercial development authorisation as set out in article R. 752-20. The provisions of this article are set out in each certificate of conformity. All certifi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-133-1

…ncapsulation plan, including its amendments and the content of the information mentioned in Article R. 4412-133, are kept for ten years on the DEMAT @ MIANTE platform. At the end of this period, the d…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal records

Article R303

I.-The first sentence of

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