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Showing 341350 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 Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for auditing accounts and management

Article R321-30

The annual report provided for in Article L. 327-12 sets out the findings of the supervisory board following its inspections. The observations of the supervisory board implicating an organisation are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-30

…he end of the assignment provided for in the secondment contract or set out in an amendment thereto may be brought forward or postponed at the rate of one day for every five days worked. For assignmen…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Publication of the acts of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and its Chairman

Article A112-30

…rticle…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 232-30

…erest of the project in terms of the diversity of the cinematographic offer available to spectators;3° The social utility of the project and its role in serving the region;4° The quality of the facili…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Use of the retirement account

Article R4163-30

The holder of a professional prevention account may make a request to use the points under 3° of I of article L. 4163-7 under the conditions set out in article R. 4163-15 once he has reached the age o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the procedure for release from psychiatric care without consent

Article R3211-30

The judge's order is made within twelve days of registration of the application at the court registry. This period is extended to twenty-five days if an expert opinion is ordered.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-resumption visit

Article R4624-30

During the pre-reinstatement examination, the occupational physician may recommend: 1° Adaptations and adjustments to the workstation; 2° Recommendations for redeployment; 3° Vocational training to be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Limitation period and order

Article R5132-30

…s or subject to narcotics regulations for treatment lasting more than twenty-eight days.This period may be reduced for certain designated medicinal products by decision of the Director General of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Laboratory responsible for the biological qualification of the donation.

Article R1222-30

Analyses within the donation's biological qualification laboratory may only be carried out by the persons authorised to be employed as medical laboratory technicians mentioned in articles L. 4352-2 to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions specific to entry 5: "intensive vascular neurology care".

Article D6124-30-3

…assistant for every four open beds and, at night, one nursing assistant for every eight open beds; 3° A masseur-physiotherapist; 4° A speech therapist; 5° Where necessary, a psychologist, a social wo…

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