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Showing 27612770 of 40503 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 24 March 1999 · Cass. com. 13 February 2007 · Cass. com. 31 May 2011

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Other forms of practice

Article R4321-138

No person may be both an expert masseur-physiotherapist or sapiteur and a masseur-physiotherapist treating the same patient. The masseur-physiotherapist must not accept a mission of expertise in which…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-13

…is chapter, in particular to make available to them the funds specially allocated to it or which it may obtain in the form of loans or by rediscounting the bills subscribed, to give its guarantee or t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 212-13

The same project may not simultaneously be the subject of a direct grant awarded under article 212-11 and one or more direct grants awarded under article…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1342-10

A debtor of several debts may indicate, when paying, which debt he intends to discharge.Failing indication by the debtor, the imputation takes place as follows: first on the debts due; among these, on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation.

Article R512-13

…ions of the first and second paragraphs of article R. 512-12. Bonds maturing in more than two years may be used in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of article R. 512-12.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Company certification

Article R4412-132

A company from a Member State of the European Union not established in France may carry out the work provided for in this sub-section if it holds a certificate issued by that State on the basis of a r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4234-13

…f copies and within the time limit set by the chairman of the disciplinary chamber. This time limit may not be less than one month from receipt of the notification of the complaint or application. The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-13

…de l'expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique.The protection perimeters mentioned in article L. 1321-2 for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption may cover separate plots of land.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers of approved federations

Article R131-13

Federations approved pursuant to Article L. 131-8 may award the following titles: 1° "Champion national de" or "Champion fédéral de" followed by the name of the federation and that of the discipline;…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Division of powers between professional leagues and federations

Article R132-13

The agreement determines the conditions under which the federation may grant the professional league, for a period not exceeding the term of the agreement, the marketing of the rights to exploit profe…

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