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Showing 10011010 of 37028 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 May 1970

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorising the apprenticeship programme

Article R1161-13

…nce nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, referred to in Article L. 5121-8, may be the subject of a learning programme. The elements making up the programme comply with the pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules of good practice.

Article D5232-13

…blic. This area is reserved for the personalised reception of the patient, including any tests that may be required, and must be soundproofed and visually insulated to ensure the confidentiality of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Purpose of approval.

Article R6312-13

…port carried out as part of emergency medical aid and transport carried out on medical prescription may only be granted to natural or legal persons governed by private law and to public or private hea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-13

…iders that the requirements referred to in I and II of Article L. 420-11 have not been met. The AMF may refer the disagreement to the European Securities and Markets Authority in accordance with the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-13

I.-Receivables that regularly arise after the judgment opening or pronouncing the judicial liquidation shall be paid on their due date:-if they arise for the purposes of the conduct of the proceedings…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Type-approval examination

Article R1333-139

…ion takes account of the advice given by the radiation protection advisor referred to in Article R. 1333-18. The results of these checks and inspections and the corrective action taken to bring the pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-13

…h the statutory auditor selects a sample and on which he wishes to reach a conclusion. A population may, for example, consist of all the items in an account balance or a category of transactions.Metho…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-12

At any time, the parties, or the most diligent of them, may submit the agreement resulting from the mediation to the judge for homologation. The judge shall rule on the request submitted to him or her…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays

Article L211-13

The organiser or retailer may not, before the start of the journey or holiday, unilaterally alter the terms of the contract other than the price in accordance witharticle L. 211-12, unless: 1° The org…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment allowances

Article 411-13

…hic works are made, in a minimum proportion determined under the conditions set by the decree of 21 May 1992 taken for the application of article 6 of decree no. 90-66 of 17 January 1990 laying down t…

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