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Showing 511520 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 Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Use and storage of explosive and flammable substances

Article R4227-25

…en to deposit or allow to remain the substances, preparations or materials mentioned in articles R. 4227-22 and R. 4227-24 in staircases, passages and corridors, under staircases and near exits from p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Education and research.

Article L4433-25

The Regional Council shall determine, after consulting the Council for Culture, Education and the Environment, the complementary educational and cultural activities relating to knowledge of regional l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: Committee of elected representatives of the Ile-de-France region (R).

Article R2531-25

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Involvement of midwives in vaccination policy

Article D4151-25

…scribe and administer the vaccines mentioned in the decrees provided for in 1° and 2° of article L. 4151-2 to persons whose age conditions and, where applicable, pathologies are specified by these sam…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Updates

Article L224-25-26

…e date on which it will take place ; 3° The update is carried out at no extra cost to the consumer; 4° The trader shall inform the consumer that he has the right to refuse the update or, where appropr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 180

In cases of referral, either to the police court or the criminal court, the investigating judge forwards the case file with his order to the public prosecutor. The latter is required to send it withou…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Simple livestock.

Article 1811

It may not be stipulated: That the lessee shall bear the total loss of the livestock, though it happen by fortuitous event and through no fault of his. Or that he shall bear, in the loss, a greater sh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation.

Article R2324-25

I.- As part of his or her supervisory role under article L. 2324-2, the doctor in charge of the departmental maternal and child protection service will ask the managers of the establishments and servi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Status of members, agents and employees of the agency

Article R232-25

…a direct or indirect interest. They are subject to the obligations set out in 1° of article R. 232-24. In the event of a breach of these obligations, the College, acting by a majority of its members,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties of dental surgeons in relation to social medicine.

Article R4127-250

Except in emergencies, and subject to the legislative or regulatory provisions relating to occupational medical and social services, any dental surgeon who carries out a preventive dental service on b…

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