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Showing 18811890 of 43523 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 18 April 1967 · Cass. civ. 25 March 1992 · Cass. com. 4 January 1994 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 December 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 June 2011

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-18

…ale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé of the report referred to in Article R. 1161-25.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trade union delegate, mandated employee, member of the staff delegation to the inter-company social and economic committee and employee adviser

Article R2421-18

…or an employee advisor is sent to the labour inspector under the conditions defined in article L. 2421-3. It is sent electronically in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 112-9 to R…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2 : Affixing of the executory clause by the court registry

Article 1568-1

Where the agreement relates to the arrangements for exercising parental authority, a note is made in the deed that the minor capable of discernment has been advised of his or her right to be heard and…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisional prices

Article R2112-18

For the works mentioned in Article L. 2412-1, project management contracts are awarded at provisional prices in accordance with the provisions of Title III of Book IV.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Resale of second-hand in vitro diagnostic medical devices

Article R5222-18-3

…1 and that the person responsible meets the quality control obligations defined by Articles L. 6221-9 and L. 6221-10. It mentions the information necessary to identify the in vitro diagnostic medical…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article R321-15

…applicable standard tariffs, including, where applicable, the applicable discounts and reductions ; 4° The list of persons who are members of the board of directors, or the supervisory board and the m…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Electronic auctions

Article R2362-18

After the closure of the electronic auction, the contract shall be awarded on the basis of the results of that auction, subject to compliance with the provisions of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title V.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Flat-rate tax on pylons

Article 1519 A

…at €2,800 for pylons supporting power lines whose voltage is between 200 and 350 kilovolts and €5,592 for pylons supporting power lines whose voltage is greater than 350 kilovolts. These amounts are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Use and maintenance of work equipment

Article R4323-15

When transmissions, mechanisms and work equipment with moving parts likely to present a risk are in operation, workers may not be allowed to check, inspect, clean, deburr, lubricate, adjust, repair or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-15

…nts established with a view to carrying out one or more of the activities referred to in 1°, 3° and 4° of article L. 124-1 must, if it has not adopted the form of a société coopérative de commerçants…

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