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Showing 55615570 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
Subsection 3: Employment and working conditions.

Article L1253-9

…ent and remuneration ;2° The employee's professional qualifications ;3° The list of potential users;4° the places where the work will be carried out.They guarantee equal treatment in terms of remunera…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3221-9

…ly Code in matters of social action. With a view to exercising the powers defined by article L. 222-4-1 of the same code, the president of the departmental council is informed by the public prosecutor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Control of plant and animal species harmful to human health

Article R1338-9

…red to in article L. 1338-1 and determined in the prefectoral orders referred to in article R. 1338-4 are consistent with the schemes, programmes or plans concerning health or the environment adopted…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Respective rights and duties of management and staff under their authority

Article R8124-9

…medical labour inspectors, subject to information covered by professional secrecy under Articles R. 4127-4 and R. 4127-104 of the Public Health Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D6124-91

…2° The means necessary to carry out this anaesthetic; 3° Continuous monitoring after the operation; 4° Organisation to deal with complications arising from the operation or anaesthesia at any time.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-3

…different from the issuing authority; 2° (Repealed) 3° The date and purpose of the freezing order; 4° Data making it possible to identify the property or evidence which is the subject of the freezing…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 40-4

When the victim wishes to act as a civil party and requests the appointment of a lawyer after having been informed of this right pursuant to 3° of Article 10-2, the public prosecutor, notified by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical laboratory technician

Article L4352-9

…nd professional rules; 2° The composition and operation of the commission referred to in article L. 4352-6 and the conditions under which the person concerned is subject to a compensation measure; 3°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R4113-9

…ollowing information:1° Company registration number ;2° Company name ;3° Place of registered office;4° Names of all the partners practising within the company and the registration number of each of th…

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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 919-102

…f the support set up by the State.The activity of artistic agent is that defined in article L. 7121-9 of the French Labour Code or a similar activity carried out on behalf of authors of cinematographi…

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