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Showing 49814990 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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The town council.

Article R2573-6-3

If a request for a secret ballot is adopted in accordance with the provisions of 1° of Article L. 2121-21, the mayor shall postpone this item of the agenda to a subsequent meeting. This meeting may no…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-6

…ing a pharmacy without medicines being prepared by or under the direct supervision of a pharmacist; 2° Dispensing a magistral or officinal preparation containing one or more substances whose use in su…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5711-6

…ts creation, a public-private association resulting from a merger in application of Article L. 5711-2 may be authorised by the representative(s) of the State in the department(s) concerned to withdraw…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Import and export for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1235-6

…t of health establishments authorised to remove or transplant organs in application of articles L. 1233-1 and L. 1234-2 is drawn up and kept up to date by the Director General of the regional health a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article R3243-6

By way of derogation from the provisions of article R. 3243-1, the pay slip for employees under contracts entered into by a natural person for a service provided in his or her own home may not include…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Special provisions for overseas territories.

Article R421-61

The contribution from insured persons provided for in 3° of article R. 421-27 is levied on the premiums and contributions defined in the said article and issued in the overseas territories mentioned i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 612-3

…beneficiaries of selective financial aid are:1° Publishers of on-demand audiovisual media services;2° Rights-holding companies, other than publishers, which are:a) Either film or audiovisual producti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-6

In accordance with the provisions of articles R. 117, R. 120 and R. 120-2, the remuneration or fees paid to doctors, expert psychologists or radiologists duly requested or commissioned is determined,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D4163-6

The industry professional benchmark referred to in II of article L. 4163-2 is approved by a joint order of the ministers responsible for labour and social affairs after receiving the opinion of the Co…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R331-6

…rticular either on the highest speed achieved or on a set average, or a timetable fixed in advance; 2° Or constitute events without a ranking, without timekeeping and without a timetable fixed in adva…

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