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Showing 13111320 of 46101 articles for Art. CA Paris 13-2-2023 n° 21/01048

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissions responsible for applications for authorisation to practise by doctors with hospital and university qualifications

Article D4111-13-2

…e commission for authorisation to practise is composed as follows: 1° The Director General of Healthcare Provision, Chairman ; 2° The Director General of Higher Education and Professional Integration;…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-13

…w No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties, may be carried out between the file provided for in this section and any other file or collection of nomina…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-138-2

…as on any information media concerning it. Individuals may exercise their rights of access, rectification of data and limitation of processing by contacting the employer or, where applicable, the Min…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-21

I.-The National Council sets the deadlines for receipt of applications, taking into account the complexity of the contract and the time required by economic operators to prepare their applications. Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment

Article L214-24-13

…he AIF or its management company is responsible for correctly valuing the assets of the AIF and for calculating and publishing its net asset value. The appointment of an external valuation expert by t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-13-2

…entation of the digital health space will take into account the difficulties encountered by certain categories of people in accessing and using the Internet and IT tools, while prohibiting any discrim…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-21-1

…e incurred by the organiser or the competitors as a result of personal injury or damage to property caused to spectators, third parties or competitors, but only in respect of the latter in the case of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 5: Salaried employees

Article R743-139-2

…hey are employed by a clerk of several commercial courts, salaried commercial court clerks may only carry out their duties within a single office.They may carry out the tasks devolved to commercial co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 5: Salaried employees

Article R743-139-20

…the first paragraph. If the matter is not referred to the committee within eight days of the notification, the layoff shall lapse ipso jure.As soon as the employee clerk is notified of the layoff, he…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Assistance and representation of the parties

Article D1453-2-13

The hours spent by an employee exercising his professional activity outside any establishment, with the exception of the employees mentioned in article D. 1453-2-11, exercising trade union defence fun…

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