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Showing 34813490 of 61852 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 4 December 2013 · Cass. com. 15 November 2005 · Cass. com. 2 April 1974 · Cass. com. 13 May 1980

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: National tattoo product vigilance system.

Article R513-10-13

Persons who have access to the information referred to in article R. 513-10-12 are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions set out inarticle 226-13 of the French Criminal Code.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-4-2

…bcontractor due to damage affecting a work or items of equipment of a work mentioned in articles 1792 and 1792-2 are prescribed by ten years from acceptance of the work and, for damage affecting those…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Inspections and controls

Article R. 1435-15-1

…tion of healthcare quality and safety indicators referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 1435-7, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall check that the applicant satisfies t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4351-2-4

…thority of a pharmacist, to assist in carrying out :1° The activities defined in 6° of Article R. 5126-9 ;2° The reconstitution of radiopharmaceutical medicinal products;3° Putting ready-to-use radiop…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissions responsible for applications for authorisation to practise by doctors with hospital and university qualifications

Article D4111-13-6

Applicants for authorisation to practise under the provisions of articles L. 4131-4 and L. 4131-4-1 must provide proof of a sufficient level of proficiency in the French language when submitting the a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the investigating, trial, sentence enforcement and secure detention courts

Article R*49-24

…s and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution is raised by a detainee, in support of a request that may be made by handing it to the head of the prison, the separate written statement of reasons may a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: 1st May Day

Article L3133-4

1st May is a public holiday.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-4-2

No employer may terminate an employee's employment contract during the thirteen weeks following the death of the employee's child under the age of twenty-five or of the person under the age of twenty-…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Compensation for loss of revenue

Article 917-13

…l support for film distribution in respect of cinematographic works released in cinemas from 1 July 2020 and distributed by them.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-13

…cinematographic establishments of the implementation of the health pass, provided for by decree n° 2021-699 of 1st June 2021 prescribing the general measures necessary for the management of the end o…

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