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Showing 51615170 of 35069 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 23-6-2021 n° 19-21.784 F-D

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to patient care provided in another Member State of the European Union

Article R1111-62

To enable the cross-border exchange of the health data referred to in Article R. 1111-55 in a comprehensible format, automated processing is implemented under the joint responsibility of the National…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Obligations and financial solidarity of principals and project owners.

Article L8222-6

Without prejudice to articles L. 8222-1 to L. 8222-3, any legal entity governed by public law that has entered into a contract with a company, informed in writing by a monitoring officer of the irregu…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formal notice prior to temporary cessation of activity.

Article R4721-6

As soon as it has been established that the workers are in the dangerous situation referred to in Article L. 4721-8, the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer referred to in Article L. 8112-1 shall g…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Wholesale distribution

Article R5124-60-2

I.-The pharmaceutical establishment of a company or organisation mentioned in 1° to 5° and 8° of article R. 5124-2 engaged in wholesale, free transfer or wholesale distribution checks the safety devic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article D811-1-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The provisions of Book IV mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (vocational qualifications in youth, popular education and sport)

Article D212-21

The "brevet professionnel" (vocational certificate) is awarded for the "activity leader" speciality or the "sports educator" speciality and a subject, multi-discipline or field-related speciality. In…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-20

To be eligible for election as a member of the Disciplinary Board, a pharmacist must on the closing date for the submission of candidacies:1° Be a voter under the Order of Pharmacists of New Caledonia…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-11

The accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance sends the interested party, for each fine, an extract from the enforcement order concerning him in the form of a notice inviting him…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article D1111-2

…n tax status in the mountain territories of the region, within the meaning of l'article 3 de la loi n° 85-30 du 9 janvier 1985 relative au développement et à la protection de la montagne. He may not b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public health policy coordination committees

Article D1442-3

The following are members of the Coordination Commission for Prevention, School Health, Occupational Health and Maternal and Child Protection in Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin:1° The Di…

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