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Showing 37513760 of 37804 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 2e – 31 May 2018 – no. 17-17518

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automated processing of personal data known as "Therapeutic Use Exemptions for Sportsmen and Sportswomen".

Article R232-85-9

…th the rules governing the management of the data processing. The right of access and rectification may be exercised with this data controller under the conditions set out in articles 39, 40 and 43 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inspection of temporary electrical installations

Article R4226-21

The provisions of Articles R. 4222-18 to R. 4222-20 apply to temporary electrical installations. For these installations, the employer applies a specific verification process to ensure that they are b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Preventive measures and resources

Article R4412-18

Where the technical and organisational measures provided for in Article R. 4412-17 are not feasible in view of the nature of the activity, the employer shall take, in order of priority, the necessary…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3841-1

…III of Book I of Part Three is applicable in French Polynesia and, with the exception of article R. 3131-22, in New Caledonia in the version resulting from decree no. 2021-453 of 16 April 2021 postpon…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Doctor applying for authorisation to practice.

Article R4623-25-4

The candidate for authorisation to practice is bound by an employment contract concluded with the employer or the president of the inter-company occupational health and prevention service. The duratio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0I bis : Transfers of assets outside France by companies

Article 238 bis-0 I bis

…are included in the taxable income of this company for the first financial year ending on or after 31 December 2005 or, if later, for the financial year ending in the fifteenth year following the iss…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Second class.

Article 411

1. A fine of between one and two times the amount of duties and taxes evaded or compromised shall be imposed for any infringement of the provisions of the laws and regulations that the customs adminis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-13

…s suffered by the victim or those entitled under him/her, the third-party payers, as defined by law no. 85-677 of 5 July 1985, must inform the guarantee fund of the amount of payments made to them, at…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-9

Collective shops of independent traders already created through a legal person may, by way of adaptation or transformation, be placed under the regime provided for by this chapter. Any member may, by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14°: Joint ownership of estates in Corsica. Temporary regime

Article 1135

Provided they are drawn up between 1 January 1986 and 31 December 2014, notarised powers of attorney and attestations after death are exempt from any collection for the benefit of the Treasury when th…

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