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Showing 37313740 of 37028 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 May 1970

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Respective rights and duties of management and staff under their authority

Article R8124-8

…r. The provisions of the first paragraph apply without prejudice to article 28 of law no. 83-634 of 13th July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants and, with regard to medical inspector…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Medical and psychological emergency units

Article R6311-28

…ogical emergency units are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions set out inarticle 226-13 of the French Penal Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-20

…e moral and material interests of tenants, owners and lessors of multi-family residential buildings may exercise the rights granted to civil parties in cases of intentional personal injury or destruct…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Availability of consultation documents

Article R2132-5

…n documents are not published on the buyer profile for one of the reasons mentioned in articles R. 2132-12 and R. 2132-13, the purchaser shall indicate, in the notice of call for competition or the in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-66

…uring a sporting competition at the end of which one of the national titles mentioned in article L. 131-15 or article R. 131-13 is awarded;3° Or on an athlete subject to the whereabouts requirements s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rights and guarantees for disabled workers.

Article L5213-6

…e appropriate measures to enable the workers mentioned in 1° to 4° and 9° to 11° of Article L. 5212-13 to access a job or to keep a job corresponding to their qualification, to carry it out or to prog…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-12-2

…obligation to insure against the risk of deprivation of employment provided for in article L. 5422-13. The decision applies only to the person who is the subject of this request and may be invoked ag…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Aggravated risks

Article D1141-2

…clare their medical history ; 2° The conditions and deadlines within which applicants for insurance may not have their rates increased or their cover excluded; 3° The procedures for consulting the ref…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Clinical selection of organ donors

Article R1231-1

Prior to any transplant, and as part of the general obligations mentioned in article R. 1211-13, the medical retrieval team collects information to select donors and characterise the organs that may b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-36

…unt of the advance payments, which include the fee provided for in articles R. 663-18 to R. 663-20, may not exceed two thirds of the remuneration due to the court-appointed administrator, the judicial…

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