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Showing 48014810 of 23678 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 27 Apr. 2011 – no. 10-14.851

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R6153-2-5

In the event of difficulties in the application, within an approved service, of the provisions of articles R. 6153-2 to R. 6153-2-3, R. 6153-10 and D. 6153-10-1, the representatives of students in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Directors elected or appointed by employees

Article R225-34-2

…rticle L. 225-23 and the directors elected by the employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1 have preparation time which may not be less than fifteen hours nor more than half the legal mon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1213-19

…before the date of the meeting and the file provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 1213-27 is sent to the members within the same timeframe.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Possibility for a witness to give evidence anonymously

Article R53-32

…cord of the hearing and the report provided for in the second and third paragraphs of Article R. 53-27 are placed in a file separate from the case file, which is kept by the public prosecutor. This fi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of redeployment leave

Article R1233-28

…t unit to the employer and the employee, in accordance with the second paragraph of article R. 1233-27, the employer shall specify in a document : 1° The term of the redeployment leave; 2° The service…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-138-2

…Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Preparation, labelling, storage and processing of labile blood products.

Article R1222-25

…y be carried out, under the supervision of the supervisory staff mentioned in II of article R. 1222-27, by a person holding at least a diploma certifying completion of the first cycle of secondary edu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-19-1

…rly with a view to combating terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal migration, signed in Prüm on 27 May 2005; 2° By any act adopted pursuant to Title IV or VI of the Treaty on European Union and pu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-2

The application for registration of an exhibition park provided for in Article R. 762-1 shall comply with Annex I of Annex 7-10 to this book.It shall also include:1° A plan of the park and its fixed a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L773-26

…olumn of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 526-1 to L. 526-4 Act no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 526-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 526-6 Law no. 2013-10…

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