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Showing 811820 of 56727 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 10-1-1990 n° 83

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Availability of the jobseeker.

Article R5411-10

A person is deemed to be immediately available for work, within the meaning of Article L. 5411-7, a person who, at the time of registering with Pôle emploi or renewing their application for employment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-10

I. - Authorisation is issued to a natural person for all or part of a strain of micro-organism or a type of toxin and for one or more of the operations mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 5…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Emergency medical care authorisation

Article R6123-10

Without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 6123-32-9, the provisions of this section do not apply to the health establishments mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 3211-1 and article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing approval.

Article R6312-10

The composition of medical transport crews is defined below: 1° For category A and C vehicles: at least two persons belonging to the categories of personnel mentioned in Article R. 6312-7, at least on…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-10

The provisions of Article 17-8 apply, by way of interpretation, to changes of nationality resulting from annexations and cessions of territories resulting from treaties prior to 19 October 1945. Howev…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Domicile

Article 108-1

The separate residence of the spouses, during divorce or legal separation proceedings, automatically entails a separate domicile.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Publication of civil status records

Article 101-1

Publicity of civil status records is ensured by the issue of full copies or extracts made by civil registrars. The content and conditions for issuing full copies and extracts are set by decree in the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-1

The decision taken pursuant to Article 100 shall state the reasons with reference to the factual and legal elements justifying that these operations are necessary. It shall include all the information…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-10

When circumstances so require, the Commission may propose to the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée that the examination of a file be adjourned to another meeting.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Compliance with social obligations

Article 122-10

In accordance with the…

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