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Showing 46014610 of 66561 articles for Art. 1228 · Cass. com. 1 February 1978 · Cass. com. 10 February 1958 · Cass. com. 3 October 1977 · Cass. ch. req. 7 May 1923 · Cass. 1re civ. 24 May 1966

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Unified group nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical care committee

Article D6132-13-7

Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, the organisation and operation of the unified group nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical care committee follow the same rules as those applicable t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Scope of expertise

Article L2315-78

The Social and Economic Committee may, where appropriate on the recommendation of the committees set up within it, decide to use the services of a chartered accountant or a qualified expert in the cas…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Scope of expertise

Article L2315-79

A company agreement, or failing that, an agreement concluded between the employer and the Social and Economic Committee, adopted by a majority of the elected full members of the staff delegation, dete…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Professional inadequacy

Article R6152-716

In the event of professional inadequacy, the contract may be terminated without compensation or notice, following the opinion of the hospital medical committee. Hospital practitioners seconded on cont…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article 723-13-1

A decree in the Council of State shall determine the conditions of application of this section.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Cancer Institute

Article D1415-1-7

…Institute's accounts are kept in accordance with the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, with the exception of Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article R221-7-1

The report referred to in Article L. 221-7-1 shall be made available to the public on the company's website within eight months of the end of the financial year and for a period of five years.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised courts

Article 706-78

The order made pursuant to article 706-77 may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the public prosecutor or the parties,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration on the list of statutory auditors

Article D822-7-1

…aptitude test mentioned in article R. 822-6, who have a disability within the meaning of article L. 114 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles (Social Action and Family Code) benefit from the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 796

I. - The estates of:1° of servicemen of the French and allied armies who died under the flags during the war;2° of servicemen who, either under the flags or after being sent home, will have died, with…

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