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Showing 14911500 of 57361 articles for Art. Cass. com. 13 May 1997 · CA Rouen 2 December 1999

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-3

…ons, in particular due to requirements connected with filming or the promotion of a work, he or she may be temporarily replaced by decision of the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'ima…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-13

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of article L. 613-16 of the Industrial Property Code, patents granted for veterinary medicinal products may also, when the economics of breeding…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives

Article R1233-13

For the election of staff representatives by the college mentioned in 2° of B of II of article L. 1233-5, articles 30, 32 to 34, 36 to 41, 45 and 46 of the above-mentioned decree of 20 November 2020 a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on offers of advantages

Article R1453-13

Persons providing healthcare services within the meaning of Article L. 1453-5 are as follows: 1° Natural or legal persons carrying out an activity covered by a system of authorisation, approval, accre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-13

The president of the Corsican Executive Council presents the administrative account to the Corsican Assembly annually. The president of the Corsican Executive Council may, even if he is no longer in o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article R1432-135

The Committee may only validly deliberate if half of the staff representatives with voting rights are present at the start of the meeting. If the quorum is not reached, a new notice of meeting is sent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Other forms of practice

Article R4321-138

No person may be both an expert masseur-physiotherapist or sapiteur and a masseur-physiotherapist treating the same patient. The masseur-physiotherapist must not accept a mission of expertise in which…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-13

The caisse centrale de crédit coopératif is authorised to carry out all financial transactions in favour of the companies formed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, in particular to mak…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1342-10

A debtor of several debts may indicate, when paying, which debt he intends to discharge.Failing indication by the debtor, the imputation takes place as follows: first on the debts due; among these, on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Company certification

Article R4412-132

A company from a Member State of the European Union not established in France may carry out the work provided for in this sub-section if it holds a certificate issued by that State on the basis of a r…

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