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Showing 45314540 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 Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-4

…test, in the form of a practical case, on accounting and auditing, lasting five hours (coefficient 4); 2° A written test, comprising the study of a case or practical situations that may be supplement…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Default judgments and judgments deemed to be contradictory.

Article 474

In the event of a plurality of defendants summoned for the same matter, where at least one of them does not appear, the judgment is deemed to be contradictory with regard to all of them if the decisio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 481

…has reached a decision on the merits.In this case, the judgment is not subject to appeal.The court may refuse restitution where it presents a danger to persons or property or where the property seize…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Information

Article R4425-4

…s, the procedures, work methods and corresponding protective and preventive measures and resources; 2° The number of workers exposed; 3° The name and address of the occupational physician; 4° The name…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment

Article R6341-46

…ified failures to comply with the attendance requirement determined under the conditions set out in 2° of article R. 6341-13 and unjustified absences from training sessions at the centre, in the case…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-4

…drawing lots, is composed of :1° Members of the teaching and hospital staff governed by decree no. 2021-1645 of 13 December 2021 relating to the teaching and hospital staff of university hospitals, c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Informing the administrative authority

Article D1233-4

The notification of the redundancy project provided for in article L. 1233-46 is sent by electronic means to the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment. In add…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Embryo research

Article R2151-4

…he members of the couple or of the unmarried woman provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 2131-4 and in Articles L. 2141-3 and L. 2141-4, are carried out, in the case of pre-implantation dia…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 426

…udge or by the family council if it has been constituted, without prejudice to any formalities that may be required by the nature of the property. If the purpose of the deed is to admit the person con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-19

I.-For contracts awarded in accordance with one of the formalised procedures listed in article R. 4122-4-15, the National Council publishes a contract notice in a newspaper authorised to carry legal a…

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