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Showing 981990 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee member of the board of directors of a mutual association, union or federation.

Article L2411-19

Article L. 114-24 of the French Mutual Code sets out the procedure for authorising dismissal and the periods and duration of protection for employees who are members of the board of directors of a mut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental councils.

Article L4123-19

Doctors, dental surgeons and midwives practising in Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy are entered on the roll of the competent departmental council of the Guadeloupe Association.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-19

…rofessional independence make them liable to the disciplinary sanctions provided for in article L. 4234-6.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Police measures and penalties specific to bodies governed by the Insurance Code, the Mutual Insurance Code and the Social Security Code

Article R310-19

When the Autorité de contrôle decides, pursuant toArticle L. 612-33 of the Monetary and Financial Code, to initiate the procedure for the compulsory transfer of an undertaking's portfolio of contracts…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-19

…the terms of the agreement and subject to compliance with the conditions set out in Article R. 441-23, in such a way that if the ratio, valued at the end of the previous financial year, between, on t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating procedures of the advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article D2197-19

The members of the amicable dispute resolution committees and the appointed rapporteur must not have had previous experience of the case submitted to them.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Schools of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-19

…cation establishments they have set up, either jointly or separately, by agreement. The articles L. 225-40 and L. 225-88 do not apply to the agreement. A Conseil d'Etat decree specifies the stipulatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-19

The conditions for the application of this chapter shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Implementation of the judgment, compensation and enforcement

Article L623-19

The judge who has ruled on liability shall decide any difficulties that arise in connection with the implementation of the judgment.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Services accessible via electronic communications operators

Article D224-19

Electronic communications operators, within the meaning of 6° of article L. 32 du code des postes et des communications électroniques, exploitant un ou plusieurs numéros à valeur ajoutée, sont informé…

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