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Showing 351360 of 58756 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 June 1984 · CA Paris 2 March 1984 · Cass. com. 2 May 1972 · Cass. civ. 9 May 1962

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation Commission

Article R4123-19

…s the parties of this in the summons sent to them within one month, in accordance with article L. 4123-2. Members of the conciliation commission who are directly or indirectly implicated by a complain…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Regional committees.

Article R4643-19

…et des Travaux Publics comprises regional prevention committees responsible, in particular, for: 1° Carrying out actions to improve hygiene, health, safety and working conditions at all sites where me…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General Manager.

Article R5312-19

…nts Pôle emploi in legal proceedings and in civil acts, subject to the provisions of Articles R. 5312-23 and R. 5312-26. He has authority over all Pôle emploi staff. He appoints the Regional Directors…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Business premises.

Article D4361-19

…r an audioprosthetic measurement room with a minimum useful volume of fifteen cubic metres. In both cases, the noise level under normal conditions of use must not exceed forty decibels A expressed as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures.

Article R5221-19

The conformity of in vitro diagnostic medical devices with the essential health and safety requirements is assessed by carrying out one or more of the following procedures: 1° The procedure applicable…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligations of the depositary.

Article 1928

…st be applied with greater rigour: 1° if the depositary has offered himself to receive the deposit; 2° if he has stipulated a salary for the custody of the deposit; 3° if the deposit has been made sol…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Personal appearance of the parties.

Article 190

The parties may be questioned in the presence of a technician and confronted with witnesses.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 196

…h serves as the basis for the taxpayer's taxation: 1° His children under 18 years of age or infirm; 2° Under the same conditions, the children he has taken into his own home (1).

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligations of the depositary.

Article 1930

He may not use the thing deposited without the express or presumed permission of the depositor.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions required for the validity of the contract.

Article 1968

A life annuity may be constituted for a sum of money, or for an appreciable movable thing, or for an immovable.

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