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Showing 74517460 of 23166 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 21-12-2007 n° 06-12.769

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Death certificate

Article R2213-1-4

I.-Exceptionally, when the death has not occurred in a public or private health establishment or in an accommodation establishment for dependent elderly people mentioned in the article L. 313-12 of th…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-58

I.-In the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation, the employer, administrator or liquidator, as the case may be, who envisages redundancies, implements a redundancy plan under the conditions…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-9-1

I.-If a psychiatrist involved in the patient's care certifies in a medical certificate that a psychiatric care measure in the form of full hospitalisation is no longer necessary and that the care meas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-2

Authorisation is granted, taking into account the elements of the certification reports issued by the Haute Autorité de santé which concern the project for which it is requested and which are relevant…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Financing continuing professional development

Article R4021-22

I.-The Agence nationale du développement professionnel continu (National Agency for Continuing Professional Development) contributes to the funding of continuing professional development initiatives w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Suspension, withdrawal and termination of compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-74-9

I.-When a medicinal product, which is the subject of a compassionate access authorisation, obtains a marketing authorisation, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article R333-3-1

I.-When sports associations and sports companies take part in sports events or competitions for which the marketing and management of the exploitation rights are assigned to the commercial company men…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-39

The specialised commission on health care organisation comprises :1° A regional councillor and, in Corsica, a councillor to the Assembly of Corsica;2° A departmental council president; and in Corsica,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L613-49

I. - The members mentioned in 1° and 2° of I of Article L. 612-8-1 or the European Central Bank may refer the situation of a person mentioned in I of Article L. 613-34 to the resolution college of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Financial contributions from municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and the département to the budget of the departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article L1424-36

Until the entry into force of the agreements provided for in articles L. 1424-13, L. 1424-14 et L. 1424-17, the minimum amount of direct and indirect expenditure relating to the staff and goods mentio…

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