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Showing 89218930 of 18775 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Feb. 2008 – no. 06-20.272

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Private health establishments, private medico-social establishments, cosmetic surgery facilities and health cooperation groups, social and medico-social cooperation groups with legal personality under private law

Article R5126-50

The management contract referred to in Article R. 5126-49 shall include the following particulars: 1° The time that the pharmacist must be present and its weekly breakdown; 2° The pharmacist's service…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6124-27-2

The holder of a critical care authorisation has on site :1° A computerised bed management tool that is updated daily and interconnected with the regional regulation tools and the tools for collecting…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Alternative care structures to hospitalisation

Article D6124-304

The care structures mentioned in article D. 6124-301 are required to organise continuity of care outside their opening hours, including Sundays and public holidays. To this end, they must equip themse…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: In-patient and out-patient duties of maieutics students

Article R6153-106

Hospital students in maieutics are entitled to: 1° Annual leave of thirty working days, during which they receive the remuneration provided for in article R. 6153-105; 2° In the event of illness or in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation of the company.

Article R6223-69

…le retaining his shares under the conditions provided for by 1° or 2° of B of I of article 5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990, he loses the rights attached to his status as a member practising w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-2

…ons to be used for the calculation of prudential technical provisions are defined in articles 22 to 26 of the same regulation. The methods for projecting cash flows are defined in articles 28 to 36 of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3351-1

…ted by the State with an administrative public service mission, in the wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIO…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3381-1

…d by the State with an administrative public service mission, in their wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIO…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-50

…533-20, L. 533-24, L. 533-24-1 and L. 533-25 to L. 533-31-5 of this Code, as well as Articles 3 to 26 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on ma…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Petroleum products

Article 298

…he tax is payable by the person liable for excise duty on energy designated in 2° of Article L. 311-26 of the code of taxes on goods and services and, where applicable, articles L. 311-32 and L. 311-3…

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