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Showing 44914500 of 60652 articles for Art. CISG adopted 11 April 1980 – in force for France 1 January 1988

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R323-12

I.-The participation of an insurance undertaking in a trust contract formed for the purpose of reorganisation pursuant to Article L. 311-41 is valued for the purposes of Article R. 351-1 as a particip…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Mobile care centres and teams for people in precarious or excluded situations, managed by non-profit organisations.

Article L6325-1

Centres and facilities with mobile teams providing care for people in precarious or excluded situations, managed by not-for-profit organisations, may dispense, free of charge and under the responsibil…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure for consulting employee representatives specific to collective redundancies.

Article L1233-10

Together with the invitation to the meeting provided for in article L. 1233-8, the employer shall send the employee representatives all relevant information on the proposed mass redundancies. It shall…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Transfer to the State responsible for examining the claim

Article L572-1

Subject to the third paragraph of Article L. 571-1, a foreign national whose asylum application is under the responsibility of another State may be transferred to the State responsible for this examin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-12

The Chairman of the National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences is the chief authorising officer for credits entered in the Prime Minister's budget for the Committee. He may de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-13

The National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences provides the public with documentation and information on the ethical issues raised by health and life sciences.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-14

…conference on the ethical issues raised by the life and health sciences. It organises regional meetings with the assistance of the ethical discussion forums mentioned in article L. 1412-6 and takes p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-1

The Chairman of the National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences may, on expiry of his term of office, be appointed Honorary Chairman by decree of the President of the Republic.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-10

The committee adopts its own rules of procedure, which define how it and its technical section operate.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Territorial commission for the coordination of public health policies

Article D1441-1

Articles D. 1432-1, D. 1432-2, D. 1432-6 and D. 1432-7 do not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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