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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Disputes

Article R2352-18

…y be, is located. The dispute is lodged, investigated and judged in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 2324-24 and R. 2324-25 .However, the dispute is lodged: 1° Within a period of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Personalised assistance for returning to work

Article R5133-15

…href='/affichCodeArticle.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006074069&idArticle=LEGIARTI000006797246&dateTexte=&categorieLien=cid' title='Code de l'action sociale et des familles - art. L262-32 (V)'&g…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and content of the plan

Article R4251-13

…uantities of waste produced in the territory provided for respectively by 1° and 2° of I of Article R. 541-16 of the Environment Code, as well as the summary provided for in 6° of II of Article L. 541…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inspections by the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire and approved bodies

Article R1333-174

A decision by the Nuclear Safety Authority, approved by the Minister responsible for radiation protection, defines, for approved organisations:1° The detailed list of information to be attached to the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Book I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article R2100-1

…émission d'outre-mer, the Institut de France, the Académie française, the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, the Académie des sciences, the Académie des beaux-arts, the Académie nationale de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R49-15

…le 529-10 specifies the conditions for admissibility of the claim provided for in article 530, the methods of payment of the deposit, as well as the penalties provided for by articles 226-10 and 441-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Failure to open secondary insolvency proceedings on the national territory

Article R692-10

…filed by the insolvency practitioner of the main insolvency proceedings at the registry of the competent court. Attached to this application are the following documents: 1° The copy of the decision t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prevention of asbestos-related risks in buildings

Article R1334-14

…otherwise stipulated, to buildings for which planning permission was issued before 1st July 1997, whether they belong to private or public persons. II - In this section, the term "owner" means : 1° Fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-19

…e authorisation is issued by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. The company exploiting the medicinal product is given the opportunity to s…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R329-19

…e not members of the organisation concerned. The order referred to in the last paragraph of Article R. 329-18 repeals the extension order issued by the Minister for Culture pursuant to Article L. 324-…

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