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Showing 11411150 of 59507 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7 January 1987 · Cass. 3e civ. 25 March 2009 · Cass. com. 16 October 2019 · Cass. 1re civ. 1 October 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Use of medical, odontological and pharmaceutical staff for temporary work assignments in public health establishments

Article R6146-25

The temporary employment agencies mentioned in article L. 1251-1 of the Labour Code which employ medical, odontological and pharmaceutical staff for temporary work assignments in public health institu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-25

…he course of goods when these have been established under the conditions provided for in Article L. 131-24. If this is not the case, they draw up price statements indicating, under their responsibilit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exemptions granted by the labour inspector

Article R4228-16

…e conditions provided for in this section or, for disabled workers, in accordance with Article R. 4225-7, the employer may ask the Labour Inspector to exempt him from some of these obligations.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specific conditions for paediatric organ transplants

Article D6124-167

…ing unit; this may specialise in organ transplants in accordance with the provisions of article R. 6123-38-7. The intensive care activity mentioned in article R. 6123-76 may be paediatric intensive ca…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to European Cooperative Societies not initially subject to the formation of the Special Negotiating Body

Article L2363-16

When, at the end of the negotiation period provided for in Article L. 2363-14, no agreement has been reached and the special negotiation body has not taken the decision provided for in the second para…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-25

…ess than four.Subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraphs, the provisions of articles L. 2122-4 to L. 2122-7-2, the first and second paragraphs of article L. 2122-8, the first and third para…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Social protection of practitioners.

Article R6154-25

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles R. 6152-37 to R. 6152-39, hospital practitioners who are self-employed are compensated under the following conditions in the event of illness not attributabl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Air medical transport.

Article R6312-25

Aircraft providing medical transport must include : 1° A surface available for the installation of a stretcher necessary for the transport of a sick or injured person in the prone position, the locati…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-16

…the unobserved period means the period of grace provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 612-19 and restoration shall only be granted by the Director General of the National Institute of Ind…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Biological analyses and screening tests.

Article D1221-16

…istration to humans, and on condition that:-the tests and analyses provided for in 5° of article D. 1221-6 have been carried out on each sample;-the results comply with the provisions of article D. 12…

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