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Showing 691700 of 32936 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 6 June 2001 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 January 2003 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 January 2008 · Cass. 1re civ. 22 December 1959

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting and reviewing the theoretical number of vehicles authorised per department.

Article R6312-29

A decree by the Minister for Health classifies the municipalities according to the number of inhabitants and sets, for each of these categories, a national index of the population's health transport n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Medical and psychological emergency units

Article R6311-29

The professionals of the medical and psychological emergency unit intervene under conditions laid down by an agreement between the establishment to which they are attached and the health establishment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-29

…rgery facilities is a health establishment, it may satisfy the obligations mentioned in articles R. 6322-16 to R. 6322-19, R. 6322-27 and R. 6322-28 by the measures it has taken to meet these same obl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Status of employees.

Article D5424-22

Except in the case of serious misconduct on the part of the person concerned or in the event of work being stopped by the project manager on public works sites, the company may not dismiss an employee…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-22

…proving that the right of withdrawal has been exercised under the conditions set out in article L. 221-21 weighs on the consumer.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-29-1

When an application for authorisation concerns a generic medicinal product of a reference medicinal product which has not been authorised in France, the applicant must indicate the Member State of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L172-22

In the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation of the insured, the insurer may, if the formal notice has not been followed by payment, cancel the current policy, but the cancellation shall hav…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D1432-22

…ber with voting rights has one vote, except for the members mentioned in 1° of I of article D. 1432-15 and the Chairman, who each have three votes. Subject to the provisions of article R. 1432-56 rela…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Determining the mode and timetable of the investigation.

Article 226

Where the enquiry takes place before the judge ordering it or before one of the members of the bench, the decision shall indicate the day, time and place where it will be held.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Summoning witnesses.

Article 229

The summonses shall mention the full names of the parties and reproduce the provisions of the first two paragraphs of article 207.

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