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Showing 48214830 of 37142 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 1996 · Cass. com. 15 September 2009 · Cass. com. 16 January 1973 · Cass. 1re civ. 14 March 1962 · Cass. com. 12 November 2008 · Cass. com. 9 October 2019 n° 18-13.286

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-18

Biological samples transmitted by the medical biology laboratory established in France requesting the performance of the analytical phase are subject to a monitoring procedure making it possible to es…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3a: Emergency care procedures within the remit of the fire service

Article R6311-18

As part of their participation in emergency medical aid and their missions, fire fighters are authorised to carry out the following acts aimed at collecting and transmitting to the regulating doctor c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-18

…requests for urgent medical transport from the urgent medical aid service mentioned in article R. 6312-17-1, a medical transport on-call service is provided in each departmental or interdepartmental a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Medical committee.

Article D6431-18

The Health Agency's Medical Committee comprises : 1° All the heads of the Agency's medical, pharmaceutical and odontological units ; 2° A midwife appointed for a two-year term by all the midwives work…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1 : General rules on the form of wills.

Article 976

When the testator wishes to make a mystical will, the paper containing the provisions or the paper to be used as an envelope, if there is one, shall be closed, sealed and sealed. The testator shall pr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific measures applicable to establishments and products

Article L521-15

The costs resulting from the implementation of the measures provided for in article L. 521-14 shall be borne by operators designated by decree.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation by merger.

Article R229-14

…n of the société européenne for one of the reasons mentioned in the sixth paragraph of article L. 229-3 may be requested in court by any interested party.The court decision ordering the dissolution of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Low-voltage lines, pipes and installations inside premises A.

Article R4534-126

The provisions of this sub-section apply when work is carried out inside premises containing only low voltage A (LVA) electrical lines or installations within the meaning of Article R. 4534-107.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Low-voltage lines, pipes and installations inside premises A.

Article R4534-129

When the work is carried out while the line or installation is live, the parts of the line or installation likely to cause dangerous contact must be kept out of reach: 1° Either by placing effective,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Low-voltage lines, pipes and installations inside premises A.

Article R4534-128

If the line or installation is to be de-energised, the employer must ask the operator or user of the line or installation to de-energise it or obtain permission from him to do so himself. The employer…

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