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Showing 18911900 of 54327 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 30 October 2007 · Cass. 1re civ. 25 February 2010 · Cass. com. 3 May 2006 · Cass. com. 10 July 2012 · Cass. com. 27 January 2015

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article R522-25

…e procedure for disposing of the general shop provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 522-39 shall be initiated within three months of the decision by the Prefect to permanently withdraw app…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Special arrangements for staff of companies providing catering or sleeping accommodation on trains.

Article R221-25

Train crews working for companies providing in-train catering or refuelling services may not be employed more than five days a week. Train crews working for companies providing sleeping accommodation…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R5211-25

…ocedure applied by a manufacturer involves the intervention of an authorized body, the manufacturer may apply to the body of his choice within the framework of the tasks for which that body has been a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions common to the "Adult Psychiatry" and "Child and Adolescent Psychiatry" specialisations

Article D6124-256

…or more multidisciplinary teams comprising : 1° One or more nurses; 2° One or more care assistants; 3° One or more psychologists; 4° One or more social workers; 5° Where necessary, one or more physiot…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-258

It may be stipulated in the Articles of Association of any public limited company that the company is "à participation ouvrière". Companies whose Articles of Association do not contain this stipulatio…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-25-1

…itous: 1 point; 2° The violence is crude and detailed in a visually realistic environment: 1 point; 3° If the sequence contains violence meeting the previous two criteria, the violence in this sequenc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-25

…or social and medico-social monitoring activities carried out under the conditions of Article L. 1110-4, by :1° A health professional, health establishment or health service ;2° A professional or org…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 259-0

…r the application of the rules relating to the place of supply of services provided for in articles 259 to 259 D, the following are considered to be taxable persons:1° For all services supplied to him…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Creation

Article L5842-25

…French Polynesia";2° bis The fifth sentence is deleted;2° ter The last three paragraphs are deleted;3° A final paragraph is inserted as follows:"Territorial continuity between the member communes of t…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agency committee.

Article D6431-25

The Chairman of the Committee does not vote. He may, in his capacity as Director of the Agency, be assisted by one or more members of his staff, who may not vote. When the agenda includes issues relat…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
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