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Showing 38013810 of 25752 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 14-11-2019 n° 18-21.297

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 5: Salaried employees

Article R743-139-14

The Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the National Council, after hearing the parties concerned and gathering all relevant information, shall propose a solution to the dispute if the parties have been unab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bodies

Article R4021-11

I. - The Haut Conseil du développement professionnel continu des professions de santé (High Council for Continuing Professional Development in the Healthcare Professions) has the following missions: 1…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R*322-149

The contributions due to the associations in the event of death are calculated taking into account the age of the members at the time they fall due and according to a rate based on a mortality table s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-14-1

The Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion may, after obtaining the opinion of a commission composed in particular of professionals, individually…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-11

I.-The calculation of group solvency takes account of the proportional share held by the undertaking referred to in the first paragraph of article R. 356-8 in its affiliated undertakings. This proport…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Procedure for validating or approving the employment safeguard plan

Article D1233-14-3

In the event of a decision to refuse validation or homologation, the social and economic committee is consulted prior to the new application on the collective agreement or unilateral document after th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-19

Before consenting to the wearing of a mobile anti-attachment device, the parties shall receive the following information from the family court judge: 1° The defendant's refusal to fit the anti-attachm…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1180-4

I.-The departure from French territory of a minor who is the subject of a measure taken by the family affairs judge pursuant to article 373-2-6 of the Civil Code, of a ban on leaving the country witho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Provisions applicable to refugees, stateless persons and beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and to French nationals who have returned to French territory at the request of the French authorities

Article R4221-14-7

Persons who are refugees, stateless persons or beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and French nationals who have returned to France at the request of the French authorities an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: National Fire and Rescue Services Conference

Article R 1424-66

The president of the Conseil national des sapeurs-pompiers volontaires and, in the cases provided for in the third paragraph of article 44 of law no. 2004-811 of 13 August 2004 on the modernisation of…

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