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Showing 48714880 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 Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-65

…s that an industrial tribunal member may claim to have devoted to studying the cases referred to in 2° of article R. 1423-55 may not exceed the periods set out in the table below: ACTIVITYNUMBER OF HO…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-6

The grouping referred to in article L. 6122-1 consists of bringing together in one place all or some of the care activities previously authorised on separate sites within the same region or spread acr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Centres and establishments.

Article L2311-6

…tat:1° The operating conditions for family information, consultation or counselling establishments ;2° The conditions under which sexual health centres operate and are supervised, and the conditions u…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-6

The body referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 432-2 also manages and issues, under the supervision of, on behalf of and in the name of the State, the guarantees provided for in article 119…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Public hospital service

Article L6112-6

…taken of the fact that the establishment provides the public hospital service defined in article L. 6112-2 or that it is associated with it pursuant to article L. 6112-5.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction and powers of Deputy European Public Prosecutors

Article 696-109

…ecutors shall exercise, pursuant to Articles 4 and 13 of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the powers of the public prosecutor and the public prosecutor at the c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Beneficiaries

Article L434-6

…reunification:1° A family member whose presence in France would constitute a threat to public order;2° A family member suffering from a disease listed in the international health regulations;3° A fami…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L574-6

…ficial owner fails to provide the company or entity with the information required under Article L. 561-45-2 within the time limits laid down in that Article or provides inaccurate or incomplete inform…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: First and second category operations.

Article R4532-61

…ation plan. He shall also take account of the information contained in the document provided for in 2° of article R. 4532-60.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work stoppage.

Article R4731-6

…r insufficient shall be notified in the form and within the time limits defined in articles R. 4731-2 and R. 4731-3.

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