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Showing 60916100 of 24300 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 26-10-2011 n° 10-24.214 F-PBI

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Compensation

Article D7226-34

Independent of teaching expenses, the cost of which is borne by the local authority's budget, the travel and subsistence expenses of the chairman and members of the Martinique Economic, Social, Enviro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R4381-12

Approval is refused if the application does not comply with the conditions set out in article R. 4381-10 or if the articles of association do not comply with the legislative and regulatory provisions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6241-21

No later than 31 December of the year preceding that for which the apprenticeship tax is due, the State representative in the region draws up and publishes the list of courses provided by the establis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Contributions of other players in the healthcare system to health support for the armed forces

Article R6147-135

For the application of article L. 6147-10, public and private health establishments, self-employed health professionals, the health professionals mentioned in article L. 1435-4 and the psychologists m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-409

Contractual practitioners in public health establishments maintain and improve their knowledge.They fulfil the obligation of continuing professional development defined in articles L. 4021-1 to L. 402…

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

Article R1111-56

Access to the personal health data referred to in Article R. 1111-55, as provided for in Article L. 1111-22, is subject to the following conditions: 1° The Member State of the European Union on whose…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Tourism

Article L4424-32

I A. - The designation of the tourist communes mentioned in articles L. 133-11 and L. 134-3 of the Tourism Code is granted, by decree of the President of the Executive Council of Corsica taken for a p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Slaughter health fees

Article 302 bis P

The fee referred to in article 302 bis N is established and recovered according to the same rules, under the same guarantees, privileges and penalties as for value added tax.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary documents issued while an application submitted without using the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-14

The holder of a receipt of application for the first issue of the following residence permits is authorised to engage in professional activity: 1° The temporary residence permit bearing the wording "e…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-9

When the needs of the investigation so require and for the sole purpose of establishing violations of the anti-doping rules mentioned in 1° and 2° of II of article L. 232-9 and in 1°, 2° and 3° of art…

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