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Showing 60116020 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Training

Article R6152-367

The contractual practitioner maintains and perfects his knowledge, as well as his medical and ethical skills. Their continuing professional development is organised by the plan mentioned in 8° of II o…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to neighbourhood noise

Article R1336-6

…leisure activity, organised on a regular basis or subject to authorisation, the neighbourhood peace and quiet or human health are affected if the overall emergence of this noise perceived by others, a…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2a : Changing the sex designation in civil status records

Article 61-7

A mention of the decision to change the sex and, where applicable, the forenames is made in the margin of the birth certificate of the person concerned, at the request of the public prosecutor, within…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions.

Article L1242-6

Apart from the cases provided for in Article L. 1242-5, it is prohibited to enter into a fixed-term employment contract:1° To replace an employee whose employment contract has been suspended as a resu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article L1526-6

For the application of article L. 1142-7 in Wallis and Futuna :1° The first sentence of the first paragraph is replaced by the following provisions:The matter may be referred to the Commission by any…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L2223-6

…the time of closure of these cemeteries, provided that these meet the legal requirements of hygiene and salubrity and that the allocation of the land to another use is not recognised as being in the p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-6

…cision on the matter, it must, within three months of receiving the declaration, notify the insurer and the victim or those entitled on his behalf. It shall also give them its opinion on the admissibi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Medical Risk Observatory.

Article D1142-65

…article D. 1142-59 are appointed by order of the ministers responsible for health, social security and the economy for a renewable term of three years. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman are appointed un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Automated national register of refusals to take blood samples

Article R1232-6

Any person of full age or a minor of at least thirteen years of age may be entered on the register in order to make known their refusal to have organs removed from their body after their death, either…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article D589-6

The exemptions provided for in II of Article 801-1 are applicable to any procedural document in digital format available to the judicial authority as well as those intended to be transmitted to it. Th…

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