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Showing 31013110 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 Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-137

…he date on which work is due to start on a given operation, as referred to in 4° of Article R. 4412-133, the employer shall send the demolition, removal or encapsulation plan, using the DEMAT @ MIANTE…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Conditions common to the terms "children and adolescents" and "young children, children and adolescents".

Article D6124-177-59

I.- By way of derogation from article D. 6124-177-2, the hospitalisation sector may include rooms with up to four beds. They are organised in such a way as to ensure that patients' privacy is respecte…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-13

The publisher is obliged to render an account. The author may, in the absence of special terms provided for in the contract, require at least once a year the production by the publisher of a statement…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Sale and provision of services without prior order

Article L121-13

…ed in article L. 312-1-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code which specifies the amount or method of calculation of such remuneration.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 133-1

In the cases provided for by articles 125,127and 133, when the person is detained by the police or gendarmerie before being brought before a magistrate, the public prosecutor for the place of arrest i…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Access by purchasers to supporting documents and evidence

Article R2143-13

Candidates are not required to provide the supporting documents and means of proof that the purchaser may obtain directly by means of:1° An electronic system for making information available administe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Monitoring the completion of the work

Article D2171-13

…re that the execution documents and the works in progress comply with the provisions of the studies carried out and are in accordance with the overall contract and, secondly, that the payment requests…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Dental assistants

Article L4393-13

Dental assistants may use their evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. He must indicate the place and establishment where he obtained it. Where the evidence…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Calculation of sums entered in the automatic online broadcast account

Article 612-13

…hers of on-demand audiovisual media services must declare their turnover each month and, where applicable, provide any supporting documents at the request of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'imag…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Collection of information and documents

Article L512-13

…shall immediately report this to any territorially competent judicial police officer, who may then carry out an identity check under the conditions provided for in Article 78-3 of the Code of Crimina…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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