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Showing 41914200 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: Employed persons

Article R4312-65

…rticle L. 4113-9, the practice of the nursing profession in any form whatsoever within a company, local authority or institution governed by private law is subject to a written contract. This contract…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L354-6

…provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITT…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Insurance for research sponsors

Article R1121-6

…ed to in article R. 1121-4 may not provide cover for less than : 1° 1,000,000 euros per victim ; 2° 6,000,000 euros per research protocol; 3° 10,000,000 euros for all claims made during one insurance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article R612-60

Where an application for disqualification submitted pursuant toArticle L. 823-6 of the Commercial Code concerns an auditor of a person subject to the supervision of the AMF to which the provisions of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organs, tissues, cells and products.

Article L1272-6

…ion without complying with the health safety rules required under the provisions of article L. 1211-6 of the Public Health Code is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros. "

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Notification of dismissal.

Article L1232-6

…been summoned.A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this article. An order issued by the Minister for Employment sets out the models that the…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R433-6

Goods with no market value are deemed to have been abandoned, with the exception of personal papers and documents, which are placed in a sealed envelope and kept for two years by the bailiff. Notice o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of judicial supervision decisions

Article 696-87

…liberty and custody judge has forwarded several notices pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 696-86 concerning the same person to the competent authority of the issuing State without the latter…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article L1544-6

For the application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia of article L. 1142-14, the first paragraph is replaced by the following provisions: Where the Commission considers that the sponsor is liable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Obligations.

Article R228-65

…ade by extrajudicial document or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. It shall indicate the agenda to be submitted to the meeting. The period referred to in the third paragraph of Art…

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