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Showing 15611570 of 33394 articles for Art. Cass. com. 20 June 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 April 2004 · Cass. com. 13 December 1994 · CA Paris 17 September 2013

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article R4381-17

In the event of a temporary ban on practising or providing care to insured persons, unless excluded by the other members under the conditions provided for in article R. 4381-16, the person concerned r…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The European Small Claims Procedure.

Article 1382

This chapter relates to the European Small Claims Procedure provided for in Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Clai…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional liability

Article L211-17

…limit the extent of such compensation, the same limits apply to the organiser or retailer. In other cases, the contract may limit the damages to be paid by the organiser or retailer, provided that thi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: End of the research period

Article L1233-57-20

…as been received or if the employer has not wished to take up any of the offers, the employer shall call a meeting of the social and economic committee and present it with a report, which shall be sen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and content of the pharmaceutical record

Article R1111-20-3

Where the beneficiary of the insurance has objected to the opening of a pharmaceutical record, the Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens will keep, for a period of ten years from the date of not…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sampling in three samples

Article R512-17

Any sampling shall include at least three samples, except in the cases provided for in articles R. 512-18 to R. 512-24. One is sent to the State laboratory for analysis, the other two may be sent to t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Liquidation of the debtor's assets

Article L742-17

In the event of a forced sale, where a property seizure procedure initiated prior to the opening judgment has been suspended by the effect of the opening judgment, the acts performed by the seizing cr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Agreements relating to unemployment insurance.

Article L5422-20-2

Pôle emploi and the body responsible for managing unemployment insurance mentioned in Article L. 5427-1 provide the State services with all the information required to draw up the framework document m…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Communication media and exchanges of information

Article R2332-17

…not commonly available, such as electronic building data modelling tools or similar tools. In such cases, the purchaser shall offer other appropriate means of access within the meaning of Article R.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 175-1

…erson under investigation, the assisted witness or the civil party may, on expiry of the period indicated to him pursuant to the ninth paragraph of Article 116 or the second paragraph of Article 89-1…

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