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Showing 15111520 of 22872 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 11 Jan. 2023 – no. 21-18.683

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R6153-1-21

The provisions of article R. 6153-26 relating to availability are applicable to junior doctors.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deposits required from legal entities whose registered office is on French territory.

Article R123-111

Commercial companies are required to file, within one month of their approval by the ordinary general meeting, the accounting documents provided for in articles L. 232-21 to L. 232-23. The filing of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-11

The verbal presentation of a medicinal product is made by a person mentioned in Article L. 5122-11 and is accompanied by the hand-delivery by that person to the healthcare professional of: 1° The summ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 11: Charges for the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas and for oil pipelines (R)

Article R2333-114-1

The fee payable each year to a municipality, a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or a mixed syndicate for the temporary occupation of its public domain by work sites on gas transmis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: The Pay Parking Disputes Commission

Article R2333-120-21 bis

The magistrates mentioned in the last paragraph of article R. 2333-120-21 fees, the unit amount of which, as well as the maximum number that may be paid annually by the same rapporteur, are set by joi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4364-11

…hotists for the fitting of orthopaedic devices for disabled persons provided for in article R. 4364-11-4, issue the authorisation to practise referred to in article L. 4364-5, on the basis of an appli…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals temporarily residing on French territory

Article R426-11

The duration of the temporary residence permit provided for in article L. 426-21 may not exceed the duration of the voluntary service contract referred to in the same article.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Use of electrical installations

Article R4535-11

Self-employed workers and employers working directly on a building or civil engineering site are subject to the provisions of Articles R. 4226-1 to R. 4226-21.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-8

…of domicile or residence in subsequent civil proceedings, authorised pursuant to 6° of article 515-11 of the Civil Code, is subject to the conditions and procedures laid down by l'article 1136-5. In…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: RESTRICTED ASYLUM APPLICATIONS

Article R754-11

…on of Refugees and Stateless Persons in accordance with the procedures laid down by articles R. 531-11 to R. 531-16 and R. 531-28.However, if necessary and notwithstanding article R. 531-15, the perso…

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