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Showing 64216430 of 34398 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 4 Dec. 2007 – no. 06-15.137

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-4-1

By way of derogation from the sixth paragraph ofArticle L. 2131-4, and subject to having exhausted all the possibilities offered by Articles L. 1241-1 to L. 1241-7, pre-implantation diagnosis may also…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-83-4

During meetings devoted to issues of health, safety and working conditions, the chairman of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee or, where applicable, of the specialised committee on health, sa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: National framework revitalisation agreement

Article D1233-48-1

…l framework agreement for revitalisation provided for in article L. 1233-90-1 or article L. 1237-19-4 includes in particular: 1° The territory or territories for which the actions provided for in arti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Incapacity resulting from a non-occupational illness or accident.

Article L1226-4-1

…fund. The management of this fund is entrusted to the association provided for in article L. 3253-14.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-4

…nd compliance is directly supervised by the remuneration committee referred to in article L. 533-31-4 or, if no such committee has been set up, by the board of directors, the supervisory board or any…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the investigating, trial, sentence enforcement and secure detention courts

Article R*49-26

The court is not obliged to refer a priority question of constitutionality challenging, on the same grounds, a legislative provision already before the Cour de cassation or the Conseil constitutionnel…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Challenging opinions and measures issued by the occupational physician

Article R4624-45-2

…lenged, in particular when the latter has intervened under the conditions referred to in article R. 4624-43, the industrial tribunal ruling under the accelerated procedure on the merits may appoint a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L421-4-1

The contributions to the guarantee fund referred to in article L. 421-4 are defined as follows:1° The contribution from policyholders is based on all net premiums or contributions that they pay to ins…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-4-1

Any natural or legal person who may be held liable under articles 1792 to 1792-4 of this code is discharged from the liabilities and guarantees incumbent on it, pursuant to articles 1792 to 1792-2, af…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-4-1

…the previous paragraph, the word "establishment" shall be understood within the meaning of Article 4(1)(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013…

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