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Showing 27212730 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-29

Where the second paragraph of Article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-31

…cies.It shall indicate1° The economic, financial or technical reasons for the proposed redundancies;2° The number of redundancies envisaged;3° The professional categories concerned and the proposed cr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Formation of the company

Article L4041-3

The only persons who may be members of an interprofessional outpatient healthcare company are those who meet all the conditions required by the laws and regulations in force for practising a medical p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-50

…is equal to or greater than the following thresholds:1° For works belonging to the fiction genre: €200,000;2° For works belonging to the animation genre: €200,000;3° For works belonging to the creati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Dismissal of fewer than ten employees within a thirty-day period

Article D1233-3

…redundancy letters to the employees concerned. The employer shall specify: 1° Its name and address; 2° The nature of the business and the number of employees in the company or establishment; 3° The su…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R927-3

For the application to Mayotte of article R. 713-66, the second to sixth paragraphs are replaced by the following provisions: "The study describes the distribution of members between professional cate…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of the director of the establishment or training centre

Article R6341-35

…trainees' situation likely to affect the amount notified by the decision referred to in article R. 6341-36 ; 2° Certifies the individual monthly attendance documents for trainees for whom the manageme…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Account overdrafts

Article R312-33

The credit agreement referred to in article L. 312-87 is written in type no smaller than eight-point type. It must state clearly and legibly: 1° The type of credit; 2° The identity and address of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: National competition.

Article R6152-302

…practising the profession of doctor, dental surgeon or pharmacist under articles L. 4111-1 and L. 4221-1 and present : a) either the postgraduate diploma or certificate of specialisation qualifying t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4151-3

…tnatal period, and in the event of dystocic childbirth, the midwife must call in a doctor. Midwives may provide care prescribed by a doctor in the event of a pathological pregnancy or post-natal perio…

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