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Showing 27112720 of 35842 articles for Art. 473 · Cass. 1re civ. avis 6 December 2018 · Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 2014 · CA Paris 20 November 2014

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment.

Article R6152-604

Attached practitioners may carry out their duties concurrently in one or more structures of the same establishment or in different establishments.Practitioners attached on a full-time basis may work i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Promotion.

Article R6152-611

…step: one year. 2nd step: two years 3rd step: two years. 4th step: two years. 5th step: two years. 6th step: two years. 7th step: two years. 8th step: two years. 9th step: two years. 10th step: three…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations of the usufructuary

Article 612

…o that value. If the usufructuary wishes to advance the sum for which the land must contribute, the capital thereof is returned to him at the end of the usufruct, without any interest. If the usufruct…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-6

…emuneration for the first edition, with the author's formally expressed agreement, in the following cases: 1° Scientific or technical works; 2° Anthologies and encyclopaedias; 3° Prefaces, annotations…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for economic operators from countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area

Article R2344-6

…ere it finds that the documents, information or supporting documents referred to in Article R. 2343-6 which it was requested to produce are missing or incomplete, ask all the candidates concerned to c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-13

…porting documents and any observations of the person concerned, to the Investigating Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal. If, in the light of the documents in question and, where applicable, the expl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Delegated driving vehicle

Article L224-68-1

…e manufacturer or its authorised representative, within the meaning of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018, on any medium. The vehicle ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Appeal procedures

Article R2333-120-65

…based on false documents.The appeal must be lodged within one month of the day on which the party became aware of the ground for review that it is invoking.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Appeal procedures

Article R2333-120-64

The Commission's decisions may be appealed to the Conseil d'Etat under the conditions laid down in Title II of Book VIII of the Code of Administrative Justice.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Appeal procedures

Article R2333-120-66

…e Commission is vitiated by a material error likely to have had an influence on the judgment of the case, the interested party may appeal to the Commission for rectification.This appeal must be lodged…

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