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Showing 50115020 of 57361 articles for Art. Cass. com. 13 May 1997 · CA Rouen 2 December 1999

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandatory information and scope of the declaration

Article R1221-2

…ations and requests: 1° The employer's registration with the general social security scheme, in the case of a non-agricultural employee, as provided for inarticle R. 243-2 of the Social Security Code,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Gene therapy preparations and xenogenic cell therapy preparations.

Article L5426-2

…ge or for consideration, without authorisation or when the authorisation is suspended or withdrawn; 2° Preparing, storing, distributing, transferring, importing or exporting gene therapy preparations…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Administrative fines.

Article L1264-2

…r the user company is liable to an administrative fine, under the conditions set out in article L. 1264-3 : 1° In the event of failure to comply with one of the obligations mentioned in I of article L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Transportation of the body after committal (R).

Article R2213-26

The body is placed in a hermetically sealed coffin meeting the conditions set out in Article R. 2213-27 in the following cases: 1° If the person was suffering at the time of death from one of the tran…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L4421-2

…ité de Corse is substituted for the collectivité territoriale de Corse instituted by the Loi n° 91-428 du 13 mai 1991 portant statut de la collectivité territoriale de Corse et aux départements de Cor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-2

…shment to include such operations, without first making the declaration provided for in Article L. 5131-2 to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Ag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-27

I. - The emoluments provided for in I of Article R. 663-29 are set proportionally:1° To the amount of the total price, inclusive of all taxes, of the assets sold, after deduction of the remuneration,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Compulsory acts

Article 281

…vil party shall serve on the accused, the accused shall serve on the public prosecutor and, if applicable, on the civil party, as soon as possible and at least one month before the opening of the hear…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-25

Notwithstanding article 13 of the law of 16 and 24 August 1790 on the organisation of the judiciary, the judicial court alone has jurisdiction to rule on any action for compensation for damage resulti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-24

Notwithstanding article 13 of the law of 16 and 24 August 1790 on the organisation of the judiciary, the judicial court has sole jurisdiction to rule on any action for compensation for damage resultin…

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