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Showing 52315240 of 50871 articles for Art. 1341-2 · Cass. com. 12 January 1988

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local conciliation commission.

Article R6142-20

…tter to the Ministers for Higher Education and Health. Subject to the provisions of article L. 6142-12, these ministers take a joint decision after having heard the representatives of the two contract…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Consent to prosecution or enforcement of a sentence for another offence

Article 728-27

…onstitutes one of the offences mentioned in Article 694-32 and fall within the scope of Article 695-12.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article R6145-29

…et by the Director and sent to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency no later than 1st January of the year to which they relate. The budget is accompanied by the documents mentioned in ar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Obligation to register.

Article A512-2

The registration referred to in Article L. 512-1 is renewed on 1 March each year. Applications for renewal must be submitted by the intermediary or the principal at least one month before the expiry d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6241-21

…chools mentioned in 1° to 6° of article L. 6241-5 and the establishments mentioned in 7° to 10° and 12° of the same article, which are entitled to receive the payments mentioned in 1° of article L. 62…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts

Article L232-25

…o L. 232-23, companies meeting the definition of micro-enterprises within the meaning of article L. 123-16-1, with the exception of the companies referred to in Article L. 123-16-2 and those whose bus…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions applicable to hunting accidents.

Article R421-24

…responsible party, the victim, the insurer and the guarantee fund.The provisions of articles R. 421-12 to R. 421-17 apply to compensation from the guarantee fund for hunting damage resulting from pers…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R443-2

…ble below. Applicable articles In the wording resulting from In Title I R. 410-1 R. 413-1 to R. 413-12R. 413-13of decree no. 2021-1790 of 23 December 2021R. 413-14. and R. 413-15 R. 414-2 R. 414-5 and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R1112-23

No patient may be transferred to the private practitioners' sector if he/she has been admitted to the establishment in the public sector, nor may he/she be transferred to the public sector if he/she h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R1112-21

Patients may be admitted at their request, with the agreement of the doctor concerned, as part of the private practice of hospital practitioners.

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