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Showing 10511060 of 33588 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 10-5-1989 n° 87-16.595

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Professional qualifications of personnel.

Article R2112-10

If it is not possible to recruit permanent doctors who meet one of the conditions defined in article R. 2112-9, an exceptional exemption may be granted by the Director General of the Regional Health A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-10

The date of the elections for the members of the Higher Council mentioned in 1° of Article R. 6156-2 is set by order of the Minister for Health. Except in the case of early renewal, the date of the el…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R2333-105

I. - The fee payable each year to a municipality for the occupation of the municipal public domain by the works of the public electricity transmission and distribution networks is set by the municipal…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-10

In cases where the contract of sale or provision of services provided for in article L. 312-53, from the eighth day following the request for reimbursement of any sum paid in advance by the buyer, thi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Content of the framework document

Article R5422-10

The framework document referred to in Article L. 5422-20-1 includes: 1° Financial trajectory objectives, expressed in accordance with national accounting conventions; 2° The timeframe within which neg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Addictovigilance

Article R5132-103

Any company or organisation exploiting a medicinal product or product mentioned in article R. 5132-98 must immediately report any serious case of pharmacodependence, abuse or misuse of this medicinal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article D3324-10

The salary used as a basis for the proportional distribution of the special profit-sharing reserve is equal to the total earned income, as taken into account for the determination of the basis for con…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reference perimeter

Article A761-10

The file for the reduction of a reference perimeter includes: 1° A plan showing the location of the reference perimeter including the communes remaining within whose territory the provisions of articl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Interpreters and translators

Article R141-10

Reasons must be given for any decision to refuse registration, to withdraw or to strike off the list taken on the basis of article R. 141-7, R. 141-8 or R. 141-9. Except in cases where they are made a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article D8121-10

The National Labour Inspection Council elects its Chairman from among its members at each triennial renewal. If the Chairman is unable to complete his term of office, resigns or for any other reason,…

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