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Showing 52815290 of 21141 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 12 Jan. 1993 – no. 90-21126

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article R3243-1

…h the employee belongs; 2° The number of the nomenclature of activity mentioned in 1° of article R. 123-223 of the Commercial Code characterising the activity of the establishment of employment as wel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discriminatory refusal of care

Article R1541-1

I.- Pursuant to article 6-2 of organic law no. 99-209 of 19 March 1999 relating to New Caledonia and article 7 of organic law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polyne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Handling of employers' claims and payment of beneficiaries

Article R6332-25

…is contract may not, however, exceed the level of assumption of costs determined pursuant to Decree no. 2018-1345 of 28 December 2018 relating to the procedures for determining the levels of assumptio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-358

…period and in accordance with the conditions set out in article R. 6152-824; 11° To training leave; 12° To special leave of absence which may not be split in the following cases and conditions: a) Fiv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-50

In the event of the temporary impediment or death of the Chairman, the Board of Directors may delegate a director to act as Chairman. In the event of temporary impediment, this delegation is given for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-11

…ody has made its observations in accordance with the conditions laid down in I of article L. 6323-1-12.V.-In the event of the closure of a health centre or one of its branches, the legal representativ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238

…gible asset carried out directly by the taxpayer or by arm's length companies within the meaning of 12 of Article 39 with it and, in the denominator, all research and development or acquisition expend…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Healthcare waste produced by patients undergoing self-treatment and users of self-tests

Article R1335-8-1

…ment, and whose use by self-treatment patients and users of the self-tests mentioned in article L. 3121-2-2 of the present code leads to the production of waste from healthcare activities involving pe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Addictovigilance

Article R5132-102

Any doctor, dental surgeon or midwife who becomes aware of a serious case of pharmacodependence, abuse or misuse of a substance, plant, medicinal product or other product mentioned in article R. 5132-…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-9

The loss of French nationality takes effect: 1° In the case provided for in article 23 at the date of acquisition of foreign nationality; 2° In the case provided for in Articles 23-3 and 23-5 on the d…

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