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Showing 17311740 of 44295 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 9-3-2010 n° 09-13.528

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of members of the profession and non-practising graduates

Article D4311-96

For nurses exempted from registration on the roll, the operations of registering their training qualifications or their authorisation and collecting or updating the information mentioned in the second…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trade union representation at national and cross-industry level

Article L2122-9

The following trade union organisations are representative at national and cross-industry level: 1° Meet the criteria of Article L. 2121-1 ; 2° Are representative in the branches of industry, construc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-9

The observation period opened by the judgment may be renewed, pursuant to Article L. 621-3, for a maximum period of six months.The president shall set the case on the court's roll no later than ten da…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Neurosurgery

Article R6123-97

The authorisation provided for in article L. 6122-1 may only be issued to a health establishment or a health cooperation grouping if it has the following facilities on the same site, possibly by agree…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Portion of the contract performed by third parties

Article L3114-9

The concession granting authority may require tenderers:1° To entrust to small and medium-sized enterprises, within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the de…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles.

Article R341-9

All undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 or in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 are required to implement procedures for the preparation and verification of the financial and accounting informa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of external companies and their representatives.

Article R4523-9

Within fifteen days of the Social and Economic Committee being consulted, the head of the user company establishment: 1° Informs the heads of the external companies appearing on the list referred to i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reference perimeter

Article A761-9

The file for the creation of a reference perimeter includes: 1° A map showing the location of the reference perimeter including the municipalities in whose territory the provisions of articles L. 761-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-9

In the event of a project to create a new commune resulting from the merger of all the member communes of one or more public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status, th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-9

The territorial authority shall forward to the representative of the State in the department or, where applicable, to his delegate in the arrondissement, or to the representative of the State in the r…

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