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Showing 941950 of 45873 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 3-11-2011 n° 10-21.760

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Psychiatric care arrangements

Article R3844-11

Articles R. 3211-7 to R. 3211-30 are applicable in New Caledonia, in the version resulting from decree no. 2014-897 of 15 August 2014 relating to the judicial procedure for the release and review of n…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-11

The president of the panel to which the case is distributed or his delegate, at the request of one of the parties or of his own motion, may, in urgent cases, reduce the time limit provided for in the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Notice of modification

Article R3135-10

For concession contracts not covered by Chapter VI of Title II of this Book, the conceding authority publishes a notice of modification of the concession contract in the cases provided for in Articles…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-11

The Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment will take into account the measures taken by the company with regard to equal pay for men and women, the employer's…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Transmission of information for the purpose of registering persons practising the profession of medical electroradiology technician or medical laboratory technician

Article R4354-10

The information sent, pursuant to article L. 4351-11 or article L. 4352-5, by the bodies issuing evidence of formal qualifications to the department or body responsible for registering the persons men…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-11

The authorisation of a centre, as provided for in article L. 2131-5, is subject to the following conditions: 1° The centre must operate within a public or private health organisation or establishment…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-11

The purpose of the automated processing is to ensure: 1° Remote declaration of the commercial events mentioned in articles R. 762-4 and R. 762-10, as well as the remote declaration of the registration…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Companies of statutory auditors

Article R822-105

…is acquired under the conditions provided for in articles L. 223-14 and L. 228-24 and 10 de la loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-13

Where an application for divorce or legal separation is lodged before the expiry of the term of the protection measures or where the protection order is issued while divorce or legal separation procee…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-11

For life insurance and capitalisation contracts where a unit of account is made up of units in a company mentioned in article L. 160-10 or by a société civile de placement immobilier and subject to ar…

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