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Showing 86318640 of 27879 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. avis 18-12-2020 n° 20-70.003

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R3115-15-1

I. - The military ports mentioned in article R. 3223-61 of the French Defence Code and the military airfields on a list drawn up by order of the Minister for Defence are points of entry subject to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Infrastructure management

Article R4424-10

The prefect has two months to give his opinion; after this time the opinion is deemed to have been issued.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1519 H

I. - The flat-rate tax mentioned in Article 1635-0 quinquies applies to radio stations whose power requires a notice, agreement or declaration to the Agence nationale des fréquences pursuant to Articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the administration and prescription of vaccines

Article R6212-2

I.-The medical biologists mentioned in article L. 6213-1, the doctors and pharmacists authorised to carry out the duties of medical biologist under articles L. 6213-2 and L. 6213-2-1 and the nurses wo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-3-1

When deferring the sentence for the purposes of personality investigations pursuant to Article 132-70-1 of the Criminal Code, the court may also place or maintain the convicted person under judicial s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation and penalties.

Article L1226-14

Termination of the employment contract in the cases provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 1226-12 entitles the employee to compensation equal to the amount of the compensation in lieu of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and organisation of the Referee Panel

Article R1455-2

The General Meeting of the industrial tribunal appoints each year, in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 1423-3, L. 1423-5, R. 1423-11 and R. 1423-12, the employer industrial tribunal membe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation of the company.

Article R814-99

The company is terminated in the cases provided for in Article 1844-7 of the Civil Code. The early dissolution provided for in 4° of this article is decided under the majority conditions required for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 D

I. - The rate of the real estate security contribution payable for requests for mortgage information, regardless of how they are processed, is set as follows:1° Requisitions not including the designat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Informing and obtaining the consent of the person undergoing research involving the human person

Article L1122-1-3

In the case of research involving the human person to be carried out in emergency situations where it is not possible to obtain the prior consent of the person who will be subjected to the research, w…

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