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Showing 60216030 of 55089 articles for Art. CA Bordeaux 2-3-2022 n° 18/04413

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and operation of the Disciplinary Boards of First Instance and the National Disciplinary Board

Article R4234-3

…by reasoned order, without prior inquiry: 1° take note of withdrawals; 2° reject complaints or applications that manifestly do not fall within the jurisdiction of the court; 3° declare that there is n…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Transitional provisions.

Article R441-30

When, in application of the last paragraph of II of article L. 441-10 , a member's rights are converted into an immediate or deferred life annuity expressed in euros and managed outside the auxiliary…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R421-39

The issue of a multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "salarié détaché ICT", "salarié détaché mobile ICT", "salarié détaché ICT (famille)" or "salarié détaché mobile ICT (famille)" provided f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Fonds de développement pour l'insertion professionnelle des handicapés.

Article L5214-3

…forms of professional integration of the disabled in the ordinary working environment. They are allocated in particular : 1° To compensate for the additional cost of training activities and to finance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-32

…are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat: 1° The procedures for submitting and examining applications for the creation, transfer and grouping of pharmacies, the rules for assessing priority righ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Staff reports and monitoring of the judicial activities of judicial police officers (Provisions adopted for the application of articles 13, 16, 19-1, 224 to 230 and R. 14 to R. 15-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Article D44-3

…own by the Minister of Justice. They must include a detailed general assessment, as well as a numerical mark from 0 to 10 and an assessment of each of the following elements when they have been observ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-30

…For any person, to have a child under the age of sixteen perform perilous feats of strength or dislocation exercises, or to entrust him or her with jobs that are dangerous to his or her life, health o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Application of laws and regulations in Saint-Martin

Article D6313-3

…ties shall apply to Saint-Martin under the conditions set out in this article.II. - Book II is applicable to Saint-Martin under the following conditions:1° Article R. 2214-1 is not applicable to Saint…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Protectors and protective devices

Article R4324-3

…l risks, the failure of one of their components not compromising their protective function; 3° They cannot be easily removed or rendered inoperative; 4° They are located at a sufficient distance from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4342-3

The orthoptist alone is authorised, on medical prescription and after carrying out the assessment described in Article R. 4342-2, to provide orthoptic treatment for : 1° strabismus ; 2° oculomotor par…

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