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Showing 221230 of 49737 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 26-2-1999 n° 97-18.409

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 Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6124-267

I.-The interventional sector referred to in article R. 6123-201 is adapted to the practice of the surgical care activity concerned and anaesthesia, from the immediate preparation of the patient before…

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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 Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L773-26

I-Subject to the provisions set out in II, the articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same ta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L774-26

I-Subject to the provisions set out in II, the articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue of approval

Article R212-26

The holder of the authorisation must notify the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée of any change in the composition, articles of association or constituent agreement of a…

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