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Showing 37613770 of 37028 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 May 1970

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employment obligation.

Article L5212-2

All employers shall employ beneficiaries of the employment obligation mentioned in Article L. 5212-13 in a minimum proportion of 6% of their total workforce. This rate is reviewed every five years, wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-27

…other than that concerning their artistic creation, in breach of the provisions of article L. 7124-13, is punishable by a fine of 6,000 euros. A repeat offence is punishable by two years' imprisonmen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies with fifty or more employees

Article R2143-3-1

…benefit from it in respect of the hours added up over the year as provided for in articles L. 2143-13 and L. 2143-15 have half a day which is deducted from the annual number of days worked set in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R5121-97

…produits de santé shall register the homeopathic medicinal products referred to in Article L. 5121-13 and the traditional herbal medicinal products referred to in Article L. 5121-14-1 on the basis of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions applicable to clinical trials on medicinal products

Article L1124-1

…e a trial as provided for in paragraph 4 of article 8 of the aforementioned regulation, the sponsor may submit a request for re-examination to the following authorities: 1° The Agence nationale de séc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-14

…in economic interest groups, public interest groups or companies; 12° The creation of subsidiaries; 13° Acceptance of gifts and bequests other than those consisting of works or objects intended for in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L940-1

…L. 145-39 ; 2° Book II, with the exception of articles L. 225-219 to L. 225-223, L. 252-1 to L. 252-13; 3° Book III, with the exception of articles L. 310-4, L. 321-1 to L. 321-38, L. 322-7 and L. 322…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-110

Private individuals may only import a medicinal product in a quantity compatible with personal therapeutic use for a period of treatment not exceeding three months under normal conditions of use, or f…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R326-1

…able, the authority to which policyholders, insured persons, members and beneficiaries of contracts may submit their observations relating to claims and specifies, where applicable, the time limits fo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-1-1

The guarantee fund referred to in article L. 422-1 may request any administration or service of the State or public authorities, any social security organisation, any organisation managing social bene…

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