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Showing 84718480 of 39348 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2012 – no. 11-18.330

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence.

Article R512-10

…proof of : 1° Either a professional training period of a reasonable and sufficient duration, which may not be less than 150 hours. The work placement, the principles of which are set out in article R…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article D1251-1

Pursuant to 3° of Article L. 1251-6, the sectors of activity in which assignment contracts may be concluded for jobs for which it is common practice not to use open-ended employment contracts, due to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorising and operating public health establishments and medical biology analysis laboratories

Article R2131-5-5

…cle L. 2131-1.For each activity mentioned in the first paragraph of this article, the authorisation may be limited to part of that activity.Where the health care organisation has several sites, the au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-35

…with a capacity of sixty places or more is assisted by a deputy. II.-The duties of deputy director may be carried out by : 1° A person holding a State diploma as a doctor of medicine; 2° A person hol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions, declarations and notifications

Article R3512-13

…ject of an amending notification. III-The public establishment mentioned in I of Article L. 3512-17 may request additional information or tests from manufacturers and importers concerning new tobacco…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation by application of an agreement

Article R5212-12

…company's employees or steering and monitoring actions, the sums devoted to financing these actions may not exceed 25% of the total sums devoted to financing the actions provided for in the agreement.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-128

…l of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may issue to veterinary pharmaceutical establishments exporting medicated feedingstuffs a certificat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Presentation and determination of the statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure

Article R6145-10

…145-13 to R. 6145-18 and in compliance with the conditions set out in article R. 6145-11.The budget may, where necessary, be the subject of amending decisions set by the Director, either on his own in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Transactions carried out by supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L143-2

The benefits provided under the contracts referred to in article L. 143-1 may include additional cover in the event of the member's death before or after ceasing professional activity, as well as in t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Police custody

Article 706-88-1

…or that the requirements of international cooperation make this imperative, the juge des libertés may, exceptionally and in accordance with the procedures set out in the second paragraph of Article…

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