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Showing 54515460 of 32005 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 October 1996 n° 94-18.903 · CA Paris 7 November 2014 n° 12/17749

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 17: Maintenance and repair of sports and leisure equipment and motorised personal transport devices

Article D224-75

The trader shall keep, where appropriate in dematerialised form, a duplicate copy of the documents communicated to the consumer for a period of two years.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-76

I.- By way of derogation from the provisions of the first paragraph of article R. 5132-74, the following shall take the place of authorisation, for professional use only :1° Registration with the Orde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-7

…determined in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in articles L. 3123-19 and L. 3123-27.The first paragraph of this article does not apply:1° To contracts lasting no more than seven days…

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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 R1432-79

…itions Committee is as follows: 1° For the representatives appointed by the first college: a) Up to 15 employees: one member and one alternate; b) From 16 to 25 employees: two members and two alternat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-7

…mmediately after the election of the mayor and deputy mayors, the mayor reads out the charter for local elected representatives provided for in article L. 1111-1-1. The mayor provides the municipal co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII ter: Placement under mobile electronic surveillance as a security measure

Article 763-10

…to assess their dangerousness and measure the risk of committing a new offence. This examination is carried out by the sentence enforcement judge; the latter may seek the opinion of the multi-discipli…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Integration contract

Article R413-7

…6° The temporary residence permit bearing the wording "trainee" provided for in article L. 426-23; 7° The multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "seasonal worker" provided for in article L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 requiring express authorisation involving the products mentioned in Articles L. 1125-1 to L. 1125-3

Article R1125-7

…bject to express authorisation from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé: 1° Organs and tissues of human origin and labile blood products ; 2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The trade union committee.

Article L5212-7

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operation of Livret A passbook accounts.

Article R221-7

If the Livret A is closed during the year, interest for the period accrued since the start of the year is credited on the day the account is closed.

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