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Showing 51315140 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article L450-7

…professional secrecy, have access to any document or item of information held by State departments and establishments, the independent administrative authorities and independent public authorities me…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special Negotiating Body.

Article L2342-7

…resentatives of the European employees' organisations referred to in Article L. 2342-5. The experts and representatives of the aforementioned organisations may, at the request of the Special Negotiati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employee information.

Article L3332-7

…e company savings plan determine the conditions under which employees are informed of its existence and content. They provide for the implementation of a decision-making aid for beneficiaries.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: List of essential information to be provided by the State representative (R).

Article D1612-7

…e initial finance law for 1987;- the estimated amount of compensation paid in return for exemptions and reductions in direct local taxation;- the amount of the global operating grant to be entered in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Health-related products

Article R1453-7

…rity of the site on which it publishes the information mentioned in article R. 1453-3, its security and the protection of directly identifying data only against indexing by external search engines. It…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of masseur-physiotherapists

Article R4321-73

A masseur-physiotherapist is prohibited from performing any procedure or issuing any prescription in commercial premises or in any other place where products or appliances included in the list of medi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of masseur-physiotherapists

Article R4321-76

The masseur-physiotherapist takes the greatest care in the attestations and certificates he/she draws up. They must be neutral and confine themselves to objective observations in compliance with the p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of masseur-physiotherapists

Article R4321-74

The masseur-physiotherapist shall take care as to the use made of his name, his capacity or his declarations. He must not tolerate public or private organisations, where he practises or to which he le…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of masseur-physiotherapists

Article R4321-75

A masseur-physiotherapist who holds an elected office or an administrative position may not use it to increase his clientele.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of masseur-physiotherapists

Article R4321-78

Facilitating or colluding with anyone who engages in the illegal practice of massage therapy is prohibited.

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