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Showing 26312640 of 41626 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 3-3-2009 n° 08-11.278

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-3

The representation of the staff mentioned in 1° of Article R. 6156-2 is organised into three statutory colleges:1° The college of staff mentioned in 1° of article 1 of decree no. 2021-1645 of 13th Dec…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-36

Diving boards are run-up and take-off areas for diving. They include: - springboards measuring 1 and 3 metres; - platforms measuring 1, 3, 5, 7, 50 and 10 metres. The overhead and underwater safety ga…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L943-3

The second paragraph of I of article L. 310-3 is deleted.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L933-3

The second paragraph of I of article L. 310-3 is deleted.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Legal proceedings.

Article L1144-3

Dismissal of an employee following legal action taken by or on behalf of that employee on the basis of provisions relating to professional equality between women and men is null and void when it is es…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to sub-contracts

Article R2393-3

The provisions of sub-section 1 specify the procedures by which the purchaser may require the holder of a defence or security contract to use a competitive tendering procedure to select its sub-contra…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: RULES FOR THE FORMATION AND PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS

Article R222-3

When a payment service defined in II of article L. 314-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code is provided under the conditions set out in articles L. 222-1 and L. 222-2 of this code, the supplier shall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal regime for declarations of activity

Article L6351-3

Registration of the declaration of activity may be refused, stating the reasons for refusal and indicating the appeal procedures, by decision of the administrative authority in the following cases: 1°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Access to the digital health space and rights of the holder

Article R1111-33

A minor who wishes to keep confidential any data relating to one of the procedures mentioned in articles L. 1111-5, L. 1111-5-1, L. 2212-4, L. 2212-7 and L. 6211-3-1 is informed by the professional wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R224-3

For the implementation of the provisions of article L. 224-3, the transformation auditors are appointed and carry out their mission under the conditions set out in article R. 22-10-7.The transformatio…

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