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Showing 55515560 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 Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Investigation.

Article R463-9

The General Rapporteur shall communicate to the administrative authorities listed in Annex 4-6 to this Book any referral relating to sectors falling within their area of competence. These administrati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-9

…armed forces hospitals, the powers conferred on the establishment medical commissions by article D. 4135-4 and receives notification from the Haute Autorité de santé of the accreditation of armed forc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-9

…e system is applied.For establishments or organisations holding an authorisation under Article L. 1243-2, the person responsible is the same as that mentioned in Article R. 1243-12.When an establishme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Year-end account (R)

Article R2221-93

…he development of budget expenditure and revenue; 3° The balance sheet and profit and loss account; 4° The table of appropriations of results ; 5° The appendices defined by joint instruction of the mi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Exceptional support measure for artistic agents, communications agents and press officers working in the film industry

Article 919-105

…erson;3° The various support measures put in place by the State from which the person has benefited;4° The conditions under which the continuation of the activity is envisaged.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4352-9

…3° The terms and conditions under which an adaptation period, an aptitude test or both are required;4° The procedures for organising and assessing the adaptation period;5° The information to be provid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Implementation in the industry.

Article L3322-9

…uded at branch level, provided that the branch agreement has been approved pursuant to article L. 3345-4. Undertakings wishing to apply the approved branch agreement shall conclude an agreement to thi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-9-3

…e and the quality of the procedures followed; 3° Financial management, pricing and its development; 4° Compliance of personal data processing with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-9

When the investment section or the operating section of the budget includes either programme authorisations and payment appropriations, or commitment authorisations and payment appropriations, the Pre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Group Medical Committee

Article D6132-9-6

The committee elects its chairman and vice-chairman from among the practitioners who are full members.Where an army hospital is associated with the group, army practitioners who are members of the gro…

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