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Showing 871880 of 35615 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 5-7-1995 n° 93-10.924

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Third category operations.

Article R4532-75

For operations subject to the obligation of a simplified general health and safety coordination plan as provided for in articles R. 4532-52 and R. 4532-54, each contractor called upon to carry out wor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Duties towards patients

Article R4312-79

Nurses suggest consulting a colleague as soon as circumstances require. He accepts any consultation requested by the patient or the patient's family. At the end of the consultation, and with the patie…

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

Article R5124-57-5

Where manufacturers and importers of investigational medicinal products entrust certain quality control operations to a laboratory in accordance with Article R. 5124-47 (2°), the biomedical research s…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R631-7

…ds: "la loi n° 90-449 du 31 mai 1990 visant à la mise en œuvre du…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Regional planning and development

Article 722 bis

The 2% rate of transfer duty provided for in Article 719 is reduced to 0% for acquisitions of businesses and clienteles made in the zones franches urbaines-territoires entrepreneurs defined in B of 3…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56

I. - The collège de résolution may require the issue of new equity securities mentioned in Chapter II of Title I of Book II or other ownership securities or other equity instruments, including prefere…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 713-8 AND A. 713-11)

Article Annexe 7-2

ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF TERRITORIAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRYYou can consult the JORF n° 0234 of 7 October 2021, text n° 36, at the following address: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/download/pd…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration

Article R621-56

Staff remuneration may include a variable component designed to reward effort and performance. Pursuant to Article L. 3312-2 of the Labour Code, the Autorité des marchés financiers may apply Chapters…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts concerning the protection of family members

Article A444-79

Documents relating to the posthumous mandate (numbers 35 to 38 of table 5) give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 5 of article appendix 4-7) Designation of serv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to neighbourhood noise

Article R1336-7

Overall emergence in a given location is defined as the difference between the ambient noise level, including the particular noise in question, and the residual noise level, made up of all the usual o…

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