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Showing 45814590 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
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4322-6

…btained by acquiring the skills defined in the skills reference framework mentioned in article D. 4322-3. Each skill is obtained by validating : 1° All of the teaching units relating to the competency…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4331-6

The occupational therapy training institutes authorised to provide education leading to the state diploma are responsible for implementing the admission procedures under the supervision of the directo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Conditions for extradition

Article 696-4

…tionality, the latter being assessed at the time of the offence for which extradition is requested; 2° Where the crime or offence is of a political nature or where it is clear from the circumstances t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-6

…e insurance or capitalisation contracts where rights are expressed in units of account mentioned in 6° or 7° of article R. 131-1, the sum paid according to the contractual provisions is equal to the f…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to the surrender of a foreign national who, having exercised a right of mobility, does not meet the conditions for residence on French territory

Article L621-6

…ritory of that State and carrying out an intra-group temporary posting in accordance with Directive 2014/66/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the conditions of entry a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-3

…00 inhabitants or the annulment of the election of community councillors provided for in article L. 273-6 of the electoral code, and provided that the resulting vacancy in the deliberative body of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-11-6

…d by the employer's representative or, failing this, in the cases provided for in 3° of Article L. 1262-1 and for the activities mentioned in Article L. 1262-6, by the employer, or by the project owne…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-6

…r made available to the public on an on-demand audiovisual media service over the last three years; 2° Writing or directing two cinematographic or audiovisual works of fiction, animation or creative d…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L743-6

The liberty and custody judge shall rule after hearing the representative of the administration, if the latter, duly summoned, is present, and the person concerned or his counsel, if he has one..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L3423-6

Any employee referred to in Article L. 3211-1 who is not in receipt of statutory or contractual benefits for partial deprivation of employment and who is bound to his employer by a contract of employm…

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