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Showing 161170 of 41812 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 30-3-2023

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-302

Midwives carry out their duties with respect for life and the human person. It is their duty to assist the competent authorities in their efforts to protect health.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-307

Midwives may not alienate their professional independence in any form whatsoever.The midwife's remuneration may not be based on standards of productivity, hourly output or any other criterion which wo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-304

Midwives have an obligation to maintain and improve their professional knowledge, in accordance with the obligation of continuing professional development provided for in articles L. 4153-1 and L. 415…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Commissions

Article R2315-30

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in article L. 2315-45, the social and economic committee and, in companies with at least three hundred employees, the training committee provided for in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of property, rights and obligations.

Article L5215-30

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat sets the conditions under which the technical services of the urban community provide maintenance for roads temporarily retained by the communes. In addition, in the oth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial training

Article D722-30

The failure to fulfil the training obligation provided for in article L. 722-17 and the date of cessation of duties are recorded by the first president of the court of appeal. The first president of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreements

Article D5132-30

After receiving a favourable opinion from the Conseil départemental de l'insertion par l'activité économique (departmental council for integration through economic activity), an organisation with an a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Transmission of documents

Article R6332-30

Skills operators inform the Minister responsible for vocational training of any changes made to their articles of association, their internal regulations and their organisation chart, sending him thes…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2334-30

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: The Professional Advisory Committee for Sport and Leisure Activities (Commission professionnelle consultative des métiers du sport et de l'animation)

Article A142-30

The Professional Advisory Committee for Sport and Leisure Activities meets at least twice a year. In the absence of a quorum, it will meet within a fortnight and may deliberate regardless of the numbe…

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