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Showing 35613570 of 44027 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 November 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 March 1993

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-3

…is a serious risk of harm to the patient, the director of an establishment mentioned in article L. 3222-1 may, exceptionally, at the request of a third party, admit a patient to psychiatric care on t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content and procedure

Article R6423-3

Support in validating prior learning is offered on the basis of the candidate's needs. These are determined with the candidate, particularly in the light of any additional training recommended by the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R713-34

The election organisation commission provided for in

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-36

…g and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 regularly assess the sensitivity of the prudential technical provisions and the group's own fu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Financial contributions from municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and the département to the budget of the departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article L1424-36

Until the entry into force of the agreements provided for in articles L. 1424-13, L. 1424-14 et L. 1424-17, the minimum amount of direct and indirect expenditure relating to the staff and goods mentio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to all activities

Article R4424-3

…es designed to avoid or minimise the risk of biological agents being disseminated in the workplace; 3° Signposting, the characteristics and procedures for which are laid down by a joint order of the m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment

Article R6152-345

The trial period provided for in 4° of article R. 6152-343 enables the employing establishment to assess the practitioner's skills and abilities. In the event of renewal of the contract to carry out t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Radon management in establishments open to the public

Article R1333-36

…e (Nuclear Safety Authority) carry out the following in the establishments mentioned in Article D. 1333-32: 1° The radon activity measurements mentioned in article R. 1333-33 ;2° Services for checking…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3

…f the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R125-3

The bailiff will note, as appropriate, the agreement or refusal of the recipient of the letter or message sent by electronic means to take part in the simplified debt recovery procedure.

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