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Showing 31913200 of 21778 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 11 June 1996 – no. 94-17771

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special financial provisions applicable to public health establishments in Mayotte

Article L6416-4

…ribution to the Mayotte sickness and maternity insurance scheme provided for in article 21 of order no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 as amended relating to the improvement of public health in Mayotte a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R4113-31

…r with the Code of Ethics. Registration may also be refused in the case provided for in article L. 4113-11.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Mandatory prior mediation

Article R5312-47

The compulsory prior mediation procedure provided for byArticle L. 213-11 of the Code of Administrative Justice is applicable to appeals brought against the following individual decisions taken by Pôl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article R950-1

…IAL DEEDTITLE II.-TRADERS' TITLEChapter I.-Definition and statusArticles R. 121-1 to R. 121-5Decree No. 2007-431 of 27 March 2007Chapter III.-General obligations of tradersArticle R. 123-1Decree N…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article D351-6

…the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION D. 314-15 to D. 314-17 Resulting from decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 D. 314-22 and D. 314-23 Resulting from the decree no. 2022-894 of 15 Ju…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-30

…ay issue bonds called housing finance bonds benefiting from the privilege defined in Article L. 513-11 and raise other resources whose contract or document intended for public information provided for…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety

Article R452-2

…3° Article 4(3)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and product conformity. Repeat offences are punishable in accordanc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 9: Organisation of training leading to qualifications in physical and sporting activities in a specific environment

Article A212-175-13

…ent of failure to comply with the obligations of the specifications mentioned in article A. 212-175-11, formal notice is sent to the establishment. The establishment has a maximum of one year to compl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Suspension, prohibition and termination of research.

Article R1123-64

In application of the third paragraph of article L. 1123-11, except in the case of imminent risk, the sponsor has a period of one week in which to submit its observations from receipt of the request t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-97-3

I. - When, for one of the following reasons, the person mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article R. 4412-97 finds that the location cannot be carried out, the safety of workers is ensured unde…

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