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Showing 20912100 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Effects on French nationality of transfers of sovereignty relating to certain territories

Article 32-5

The declaration of reinstatement provided for in the preceding article may be made by the persons concerned, in accordance with the provisions of articles 26 et seq. as soon as they have reached the a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-5

Any person carrying out the activities mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 422-1 to 26 November 1990 may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 422-4, represent the persons mentioned…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: International provision of services

Article R8115-5

Breaches of the obligations mentioned in article R. 8115-1 are those resulting from failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 1262-2-1, the third paragraph of II of article L. 1262-4, articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-5

Performance studies relating to dentistry may only be carried out under the direction and supervision of a dental surgeon or a doctor with appropriate experience. Performance studies relating to midwi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Alert in the event of a breach of personal rights

Article L2312-59

…intermediary of an employee, that there is an infringement of the rights of individuals, their physical and mental health or individual freedoms in the company which is not justified by the nature of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Flexible working days

Article L3121-58

…d number of days over the year may be concluded, within the limit of the number of days set in application of 3° of I of article L. 3121-64: 1° Managers who have autonomy in the organisation of their…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Flexible working days

Article L3121-59

…agreement concluded between the employee and the employer determines the rate of the increase applicable to the remuneration for this additional working time, which may not be less than 10%. This ame…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rights of authorised professionals

Article R1111-54

…ticle L. 162-5-3 of the Social Security Code has access to all the data contained in the shared medical record. The holder may grant one or more professionals authorised to access his shared medical r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rights of authorised professionals

Article R1111-53

…professional considers that data concerning the patient's state of health entered in the shared medical record should not be brought to the patient's attention unaccompanied, he or she may make this d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Permission to leave

Article D143-5

…y have served half of their sentence may be granted temporary absences of up to three days on the occasion of the serious illness or death of a member of their close family, or the birth of their chil…

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