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Showing 13511360 of 14202 articles for Art. Warrant mechanics reference

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and operation of the Disciplinary Boards of First Instance and the National Disciplinary Board

Article R4234-4

…the chairman of the Disciplinary Board of First Instance may, if he considers that the dispute so warrants, convene the Disciplinary Board in a restricted formation or decide to refer to the full Di…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-16

…re paid. All right holders are informed of the distribution or payment date in an easily accessible reference document.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-22

Equipment manufactured in accordance with the relevant safety standards, the references of which are published in the Journal officiel de la République française, is deemed to meet the safety requirem…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-52

…age animée at the joint request of the production companies made before registration on the list of reference works, the sums calculated may be distributed and entered in accordance with different pro…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-125

…nonces légales obligatoires, the copy of this balance sheet may be replaced by an indication of the reference of the previous publication. If no balance sheet has yet been drawn up, this is mentioned…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R17-4

…tigation in exchange for the documents referred to in 7° of Article 138 must mention the nature and references of the document withdrawn, the surname, forenames, date of birth and domicile of the pers…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management of situations of long-term exposure resulting from a radiological emergency

Article R1333-92

…cation of the optimisation principle defined in 2° of Article L. 1333-2 and taking into account the reference level defined in Article R. 1333-93.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-31

For the application of 5° of article R. 5121-28, when reference is made to published literature recognised in the tradition of homeopathic medicine practised in France, experts justify, on the basis o…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Contractual obligations of training providers and holders of the personal training account

Article R6333-8

When the Caisse des dépôts et consignations finds that a service provider referred to in Article L. 6351-1 has failed to honour the commitments it has made in a way that is likely to seriously harm pu…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Lending of labour on the basis of Article L. 8241-3

Article R8241-1

…mber of employees of the companies mentioned in 2° of the I of article L. 8241-3 is calculated with reference to the number of employees on the last day of the previous year and in accordance with the…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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