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Showing 39213930 of 54357 articles for Art. Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 2 July 2002 n° 00-18.243

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Temporary non-medical accommodation for pregnant women

Article R6111-62

…n for pregnant women under this section, if their healthcare costs are covered under: 1° Article L. 160-1 of the Social Security Code; 2° II ofArticle 19 of Ordinance no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director and staff of the Agency

Article R4642-6

…He performs all acts that are not reserved to the Board of Directors in application of article R. 4642-4. He prepares the deliberations of the Board of Directors and ensures that they are carried out…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Products which may only be sold in bulk under certain conditions

Article D120-6

…erials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs that cannot be washed before use; 2° Single-use baby nappies and, among single-use intimate hygiene protection products: periodical sa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Contracts concluded at trade fairs and exhibitions

Article L224-62

…1° The purchaser has a right of withdrawal for the affected credit used to finance their purchase; 2° The contract of sale or provision of services is automatically terminated, without compensation,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Employment contract

Article L3123-6

…companies and employees covered by a collective agreement concluded in application of article L. 3121-44, the distribution of the working time between the days of the week or the weeks of the month;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Saint-Barthélemy

Article L3251-6

I.-When the psychiatric care measure decided in application of 1° or 2° of II of article L. 3212-1 is terminated, the director of the host establishment notifies the representative of the State in Sai…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article R336-6

…tributions, the settlement of claims, the valuation and, for the undertakings referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 341-1,article L. 211-8 of the Mutual Code andarticle L. 931-4 of the Social Securit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-66

…ount of share capital, the address of the registered office, the information provided for in 1° and 2° of Article R. 123-237, the day, time and place of the meeting, as well as its nature, whether ext…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Delivery, supply and transfer of risk

Article L216-6

…s obligation to deliver the goods or provide the service under the conditions set out in article L. 216-1, the consumer may : 1° Notify the trader of the suspension of payment of all or part of the pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R7345-6

…r college as follows: 1° The Chairman of the Board of Directors has ten percent of the total votes; 2° The college mentioned in 1° of article R. 7345-1 has forty percent of the total votes; 3° The col…

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