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Showing 33713380 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article L3312-3

…f the departmental council so decides, by article. In both cases, however, the departmental council may specify that certain appropriations are specialised by article. In the event of a vote by articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Practice as an expert.

Article R4127-352

No midwife may be both expert midwife and treating midwife for the same patient. In the event of a legal appraisal or in other cases, unless the parties agree, a midwife must not accept an appraisal a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Suspension or termination of the agreement

Article R5123-36

The agreement may be terminated in the event of the termination of professional or company agreements.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: The obligation to insure.

Article L251-3

…f this title, and without prejudice to the possibilities of cancellation mentioned in articles L. 113-3, L. 113-4, L. 113-6 and L. 113-9, in the event of cancellation or denunciation of tacit renewal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation procedure for bodies responsible for vocational integration and training initiatives

Article R6121-3

…wing information in particular: 1° The definition of the mission, with reference to training needs; 2° The nature and content of the public service obligations; 3° The nature of the vocational integra…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Complaints by electronic means

Article D8-2-2

…brigade of his or her choice to lodge a complaint, in accordance with the provisions of article 15-3; 2° That the filing of an online complaint does not prevent the complainant from asking to be hear…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Business project support contract

Article R5142-3

For the purposes ofArticle L. 242-1 of the Social Security Code, and notwithstanding the provisions of the sixth paragraph of Article R. 242-1 of this code, the income corresponding to the receipts (e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Night work.

Article L3163-3

In an extreme emergency, if adult workers are not available, the provisions of articles L. 3163-1 and L. 3163-2 may be waived for young workers aged between sixteen and eighteen, for temporary work in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Publication media

Article R3122-3

In addition to the concession notice referred to in article R. 3122-2, the awarding authority may publish a supplementary advertising notice on a medium other than the one chosen as compulsory. This a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-28

…welcome into French citizenship for the persons residing in the department referred to in articles 21-2, 21-11, 21-12, 21-13-1, 21-13-2, 21-14, 21-14-1, 21-15, 24-1, 24-2 and 32-4 of this code as wel…

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