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Showing 13811390 of 66453 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 19-9-2007 n° 06-15.295 and Cass. civ. 3-10-2019 n° 18-22.945 F-D

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Use for professional retraining projects

Article D4163-30-1

…to requests for vocational retraining projects: 1° Articles R. 6323-10, R. 6323-10-1, R. 6323-10-2 and R. 6323-10-4 relating to the procedures for requesting leave, with the exception of the seniorit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and terms of the contract

Article D6114-3

…anisation or authorisation holder :1° Its strategic orientations, the development of its activities and, where appropriate, any related restructuring, taking into account the objectives of the regiona…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Personal appearance of the parties.

Article 196

If one of the parties is unable to appear, the judge who ordered the appearance or the judge appointed by the bench to which he belongs may go to that party after, if appropriate, summoning the opposi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1a: Inter-institutional centre

Article R6146-9-3

…hat are part of the group concerned, by a joint decision of the chairman of the strategic committee and the chairman of the group medical commission, as well as the director of the medical training an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article D6313-3

I. - Part Two of the General Code of Territorial Authorities shall apply to Saint-Martin under the conditions set out in this article.II. - Book II is applicable to Saint-Martin under the following co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from the weekly working time in the event of combination with another part-time employment contract

Article D5132-10-5-4

…r a part-time employment contract with an employer other than those mentioned in articles L. 5132-4 and L. 5213-13; 2° A document specifying the employment support measures that it plans to implement…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 191

…ating chamber. This court is composed of a chamber president, exclusively attached to this service, and two councillors who may, if necessary, provide service to the other chambers of the court. The p…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-9

…y other person who assists a person in violating the prohibition provided for in articles L. 232-23 and L. 232-23-4 and persons who have committed a breach of article L. 232-10-3 or article L. 232-10-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Provisions applicable when the temporary loss of discernment of a person is caused by that person and in particular by the voluntary consumption of psychoactive substances

Article D47-37-3

When the trial court is seised pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 706-120 and article D. 47-37-2, its president shall order an expert report at least one month before the hearing in order to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Organisation

Article D4422-30-3

…esentative of the Corsican Massif Committee referred to in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 4421-3 and his replacement are appointed by the standing committee provided for in the third paragraph of I…

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