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Showing 681690 of 64391 articles for Art. s. L. 145-40-2 + R. 145-35

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article R1423-40

The registrar organises the reception of the public.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Candidatures of employee trade union organisations

Article R2122-40

…iciaire shall give its decision without charge or formality within ten days from the date of referral. The parties are notified of the decision within three days by the court registry, which sends a c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Use of residential premises

Article R1331-40

…nt obstacle is created to the penetration of air, light and solar radiation into residential premises. To this end, trees near windows must be pruned to protect against excessive external heat.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Continuing vocational training for commercial court registrars

Article R742-40

…ditions under which they have fulfilled their continuing training obligation during the previous year. The National Council monitors the effective fulfilment of the continuing training obligation of c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article R4163-40

The body may, if it considers it necessary, ask the employee and the employer to provide it with any document that may be useful in investigating the case. It may also collect any relevant information…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3 : Conditions for accreditation of practitioners performing pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2131-40

Decisions relating to the accreditation of practitioners and the renewal, suspension and withdrawal of this accreditation are published in the Official Bulletin of the Ministry of Health. The Agence d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all companies

Article R822-40

…orated subject to the condition precedent that it is entered on the list drawn up by the High Council.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Fire safety instructions

Article R4227-40

The fire safety instructions are sent to the Labour Inspectorate.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Additional requirements for mobile work equipment

Article R4324-40

Self-propelled mobile work equipment is fitted with a braking and stopping device. Where safety so requires, particularly in the case of equipment with a heavily loaded braking system, an emergency de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions applicable to work equipment used for lifting loads

Article R4323-40

…ys, the ends of these tracks or runways are fitted with devices to reduce shocks at the end of travel.

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