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Showing 391400 of 48231 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 April 1984 · Cass. com. 4 May 1982 · CA Grenoble 21 December 2006

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-26

When the bathing water profile defined in article D. 1332-20 indicates :-a potential risk of proliferation of cyanobacteria, i.e. accumulation of cyanobacteria in the form of blooms, slicks or scum ;o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Compagnie Nationale and the regional companies

Article R821-26

…to in V of Article R. 823-10. In the event of non-compliance with this obligation, the High Council may, after unsuccessful formal notice from the Compagnie nationale, request statutory auditors and a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: Committee of elected representatives of the Ile-de-France region (R).

Article R2531-26

In the event of the death or resignation of an elected full member or the loss of the capacity in respect of which he was elected, he is replaced by his alternate. If, for reasons of the same nature,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 5: Operation of the adversarial expert appraisal.

Article R5127-26

In the case provided for in article R. 5127-18, the public prosecutor notifies the interested party that the single sample is to be submitted for expert examination and informs him that he has three c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-26

For the application of the provisions of Article R. 69, an extract of the order or judgement of the judge or tribunal de l'application des peines or the president of the judicial court or the judge de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 219

I.-For tax calculation purposes, taxable profit is rounded to the nearest euro. The fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.The standard rate of tax is set at 25%.However:a. The net amount of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-26

The Secretary General of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may decide to extend the on-site supervision of a person subject to its supervision: 1° To its subsidiaries ; 2° To legal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Management of psychiatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-10

The stipulations of the agreements mentioned in articles D. 6124-26-8 and D. 6124-26-9 are included, where applicable, in the network's constitutive agreement provided for in article R. 6123-29.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Early termination of the contract.

Article L1251-26

…contract of employment before the end of the term provided for in the contract, it will, except in cases of serious misconduct or force majeure, offer the employee a new contract of employment taking…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-26

…f the regional health agency and the State representative in the department without delay.In urgent cases, where a nurse's continued practice exposes patients to serious danger, the Director General o…

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