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Showing 58815890 of 21721 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 16 Feb. 2022 – no. 20-11.754

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-1

…e hand, taking into account the national tariffs for services provided for in l° of I of article L. 162-22-10 and in 1° of article L. 162-23-4 of the Social Security Code, those for consultations and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Information on substances and mixtures

Article R1341-2

…for in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008.The documents to be supplied are drawn up in French. They must be sent within a per…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation.

Article R512-4

…of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code;12° The intervention bodies mentioned in Title II of Decree no. 53-974 of 30 September 1953;13° Le groupement interprofessionnel des fleurs et des plantes à par…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-39

…A representative of organisations working in the field of health promotion, prevention or education;16° One representative of organisations working in the fields of health observation, health care, te…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-39

Where the publishing company or the company controlling it, within the meaning of article L. 233-16 of the French Commercial Code, publishes several press titles, a company agreement may provide for t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Job security contract

Article L1233-69

…les and subject to the guarantees and penalties mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 5422-16. The conditions under which this payment is due are specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. Th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-18

…a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the Paris investigating…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-25-1

…here that person is, for that other employee, one of those mentioned in 1° to 9° of Article L. 3142-16. Annual leave may only be transferred if it exceeds twenty-four working days. An employee benefit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry

Article L712-2

…the allocation of the tax for the costs of chambers as provided for in articles L. 711-8 and L. 711-16. Failure to comply with the measures provided for in the contract of objectives and performance,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
17°: Occupation of public property

Article 1048 ter

…17 to L. 2122-19 of the General Code on the Ownership of Public Persons or Article 13 of Ordinance No. 2004-559 of 17 June 2004 on partnership contracts, or by local authorities, their groupings or t…

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