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Showing 16011610 of 56586 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12-1-1967 n° 65-10.196

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Competence required of practitioners

Article R2142-12

Practitioners who have been approved by the Agence de la biomédecine on the basis of the provisions prior to the entry into force of Act no. 2011-814 of 7 July 2011 on bioethics to carry out one or mo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expiry of the contract term and continuation after expiry.

Article L1243-12

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles L. 1242-8 and L. 1242-8-1 relating to the duration of the contract, when an employee holding a fixed-term employment contract is exposed to ionising radiatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Offences relating to obligations

Article L245-12

A fine of 6,000 euros shall be imposed on: 1° For the chairman, directors, general managers, managers, statutory auditors, members of the supervisory board or employees of the debtor company or of the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-12

Any person carrying on the activity referred to in the ninth paragraph of Article L. 111-7 displays, in a legible and comprehensible manner, at the top of each page of comparison results and before th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementing provisions

Article R4451-127

The Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire is responsible for: 1° Managing the information and monitoring system for exposure to ionising radiation and organising the access required to ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Supervisory Board

Article D1442-12

For the application to Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin of article D. 1432-15, 1° to 3° of I are worded as follows: 1° Three representatives of the State: a) The rector of the Guadeloupe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to new building projects

Article R2431-12

The purpose of project studies is :1° To specify, by means of plans, sections and elevations, the shapes of the various elements of the construction, the nature and characteristics of the materials an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Control of the legality of the transfer of the registered office.

Article R229-12

For the purposes of issuing the certificate referred to in the seventh paragraph of Article L. 229-2, the European Company shall produce to the notary responsible for carrying out the legality control…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 11: Medical care and rehabilitation activities

Article R6123-123

Authorisation for medical care and rehabilitation may only be granted if the holder has, on its own site or by agreement with another structure: 1° For all establishments, whatever the category applie…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Pledging of software exploitation rights

Article R132-12

Any change of surname, forenames or domicile of natural persons, any change of corporate name, legal form or registered office of legal persons shall be registered at the request of any interested per…

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