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Showing 62716280 of 42635 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 20-3-1969 n° 67-12.546

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National Council.

Article R4321-38-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this sub-section, elections to the Conseil national de l'ordre des masseurs-kinésithérapeutes are held under the conditions provided for in Chapter V of Titl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZH

…d, for sports betting organised and operated under the conditions set by I of article 137 de la loi n° 2019-486 du 22 mai 2019 relative à la croissance et la transformation des entreprises et pour les…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-34-1

The adult critical care modality comprises the following entries: 1° Intensive care and polyvalent intensive care, and specialised intensive care where applicable; 2° Derogatory polyvalent intensive c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Manufacture and import of investigational medicinal products.

Article R5124-57-3

Where batches of investigational medicinal products come from another Member State of the European Community or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and are manufactured or imported in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Provisional documents issued to foreign nationals who have been granted refugee status or subsidiary protection status

Article R431-15-3

For the application of article L. 424-2, as soon as refugee status is recognised, foreign nationals are informed of the procedures enabling them to access the teleservice mentioned in article R. 431-2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25-3

I. - The authorisations provided for in article L. 3132-20 are granted on the basis of a collective agreement or, failing that, a unilateral decision by the employer taken after a referendum. The coll…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for credit institutions and investment firms

Article L613-31-10

The obligations to publicise abroad the measures referred to in Article L. 613-31-3, to inform creditors and to notify other interested public authorities of these measures are met pursuant to Article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Opposition to the hiring of apprentices.

Article L6225-3-1

If the apprenticeship contract is terminated in application of article L. 6225-3, the training centre in which the apprentice is registered will take the necessary steps to enable him to follow his th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-27-3

Prior to the conclusion of a contract, providers of publicly available Internet access and interpersonal electronic communications services shall communicate, as part of the price information, for a b…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2a: Provisions relating to the participants in sporting competitions referred to in Article L. 131-16

Article D131-36-1

The following are participants in sporting competitions within the meaning of article L. 131-16: 1° Professional sportsmen and sportswomen, high-level sportsmen and sportswomen and sportswomen exercis…

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