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Showing 14511460 of 47269 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 7 February 1986 · Cass. 1re civ. 4 March 1986 · Cass. com. 8 March 2017 n° 15-21.155 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 2001 · Cass. 1re civ. 27 November 2019 n° 18-18.402

French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Equipment

Article A322-158

With the exception of jumps defined in 3° of article A. 322-150 where the student is equipped with a passenger harness specifically designed for the activity, no jump may be made if the skydiver is no…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Equipment

Article A322-157

Helmets must be worn for the jumps defined in 1° and 2° of articles A. 322-150 and A. 322-151. Clothing and ancillary equipment must allow access to the functional controls for opening parachutes and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6251-18

…rritorial council may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établissement, au financement et à l'exécution de plans d'équ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6351-18

…rritorial council may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établissement, au financement et à l'exécution de plans d'équ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Cost recovery

Article R4314-15

…y be charged to the economic operator in question on the basis of the third paragraph of Article L. 4314-1 include the costs of acquisition, packaging, transport, documentary checks, testing, analysis…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-18

…professional leagues that they have set up ensure that the contracts referred to in articles L. 222-7 and L. 222-17 protect the interests of the athletes, trainers and discipline concerned and comply…

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

Article R4221-18

A pharmacist whose right to practise is suspended pursuant to article L. 4221-18 may be assisted by one or more persons of his choice when he is heard by the administrative authority that imposed the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Communication of information between temporary employment agencies and user undertakings

Article R4625-18

…r the workstation occupied by the worker presents any particular risks as referred to in article L. 4624-2. The occupational physicians of the temporary work undertaking and the user undertaking are a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables.

Article R313-18

In the event of a dispute, the notifying institution must prove that the debtor was aware of the notification. This proof is established in accordance with the rules of evidence applicable to the debt…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Town planning (R).

Article R1614-18

The mayor, or where applicable the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation, sends the head of the State department in the département responsible for town planning a copy…

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