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Showing 181190 of 49798 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 26-2-1992 n° 90-19.710

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Periodic examinations.

Article R4626-26

Employees receive a medical examination at least every twenty-four months. Medical examinations or, pursuant to the first paragraph of article R. 4623-31, nursing interviews may be carried out more fr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Regional committees.

Article R4643-26

Each regional committee is assisted as technical advisor by a doctor chosen from among the occupational physicians responsible for the medical supervision of employees in the industry.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agency committee.

Article D6431-26

Committee meetings are convened by the Chairman, either on his own initiative or at the written request of at least half of the permanent employee representatives. In the latter case, the committee mu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Intermediaries or persons authorised to - hold financial instruments

Article R773-26

Article R. 542-1 is applicable in New Caledonia, as amended by Act no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-90

The 60% and 51% quotas mentioned in 1° of article L. 214-37 are met on 30 June and 31 December of each financial year, at the end of the three-year period mentioned in article L. 214-42. In the event…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 90-1

In criminal matters, when it concerns an offence against persons provided for in Book II of the Criminal Code or when it concerns an offence against property provided for in Book III of the same Code…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Treatment of over-indebtedness and payment incidents

Article R721-26

In New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer:1° Receives from the Banque de France the information it gathers under the provisions of Artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Intermediaries or persons authorised to hold financial instruments in custody

Article R774-26

Article R. 542-1 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of declarations.

Article R123-90

Claims based on articles 1426 or 1429 of the Civil Code are submitted to the clerk's office by the claimant spouse within three days. The court hearing one of these applications may only give a ruling…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory sureties covered by the surety guarantee mechanism.

Article D313-26

…R. 261-24 du code de la construction et de l'habitation et des articles 6 et 15 de la loi n° 84-595 du 12 juillet 1984 définissant la location-accession à la propriété immobilière ; 6° Artic…

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