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Showing 88718880 of 59417 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-1-1997 n° 9

French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Classification of offices

Article L133-10-1

The tourist office may be classified under conditions laid down by decree.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous acts

Article A444-163-1

…ant to the second paragraph of Article 2012 of the Civil Code or the second paragraph of Article 2019 of the same code, together give rise to the collection of the following fees: BENEFITS COVERED BY…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous acts

Article A444-167-1

…er III (line 10) of the table in the first part of the annex to the decree no. 81-778 of 13 August 1981 referred to above.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-10-1

The agreement referred to in article L. 5132-2 may provide for the signatory integration enterprise to set up periods of work experience for its employees recruited under contracts concluded in applic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Informing and obtaining the consent of the person undergoing research involving the human person

Article L1122-1-1

No research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 may be carried out on a person without their free and informed consent, obtained in writing, after they have been given the information provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions

Article R4421-1-1

…indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: ARTICLES AS AMENDED BY R. 4126-1Decree no. 2019-1286 of 3 December 2019 R. 4126-1-1 Decree no. 2010-344 of 31 March 2010 R. 4126-2Decree no. 2019-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to communes in the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion

Article L2563-1-1

The proceeds of the increase in overseas France of the tax on air passenger transport provided for in Article L. 422-30 of the code of taxes on goods and services collected on boardings made in the re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Accelerated substantive procedure

Article R1455-12

…the day and at the time set for this purpose, under the conditions provided for in Article R. 1455-9. It is lodged, investigated and judged under the following conditions: 1° Article 481-1, paragraph…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Warranty of defects in the goods sold.

Article 1646-1

…bound to the client by a contract for the hire of work are themselves bound pursuant to Articles 1792, 1792-1, 1792-2 and 1792-3 of this Code. These guarantees benefit successive owners of the buildi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Hosting of personal health data on digital media subject to certification

Article R1111-11

…incumbent on the host; 8° The procedures adopted to control access to hosted personal health data; 9° The host's obligations towards the natural or legal person on whose behalf it hosts the personal…

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