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Showing 13211330 of 48231 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 April 1984 · Cass. com. 4 May 1982 · CA Grenoble 21 December 2006

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D2573-21

I. - The first three paragraphs of article D. 2224-1, the first paragraph of article D. 2224-2, the first four paragraphs of article D. 2224-3, the first paragraph of article D. 2224-4 and the first t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Emergency rehousing fund

Article D2335-21

The Minister responsible for local authorities sets the total amount of grants that may be awarded to municipalities, local public establishments and public interest groups based on the assessment men…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Work involving exposure to radiation

Article D4153-21

I.-It is prohibited to assign young people to work exposing them to ionising radiation requiring a category A or B classification within the meaning of article R. 4451-57. II - For young people aged 1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article D4622-21

…on, consumption, labour and employment, an inter-company occupational health and prevention service may not oppose the membership of a company within its remit. An inter-company occupational health an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-219

When a dental surgeon sets up practice or changes his or her practice, he or she may publish advertisements in any medium, taking into account the recommendations issued by the Conseil national de l'o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article R4341-21

Only persons who satisfy the conditions laid down in articles L. 4341-2 and L. 4341-6 for the practice of the profession of speech and language therapist may use the title of speech and language thera…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account

Article 721-21

The sums entered in the automatic foreign promotion account may be invested either in the foreign promotion of specific cinematographic works or in the foreign promotion of the companies' catalogue of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Rules governing the practice of the profession of optician-mutician

Article D4362-21

The optician-mutician, whose professional residence is identified, may, at the request of the doctor or the patient, dispense corrective eye lenses and corrective lenses to patients in their own homes…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Direct production allowances for parity between women and men

Article 211-81

1° For cinematographic works belonging to the fiction genre, direct allocations are awarded when one of the following two conditions is met:- five points are obtained for a function or position held b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Regulations or articles of association of the financing body

Article R214-217

…nt loans, guarantees or sureties or to enter into contracts transferring insurance risks or risk or cash sub-participation contracts, the characteristics of such loans, guarantees, sureties or contrac…

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