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Showing 13211330 of 44553 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 June 1968 · Cass. com. 11 March 2008 · Cass. com. 12 July 1982 · Cass. com. 17 April 1953 · Cass. com. 4 December 1968 · CA Versailles 14 September 2006

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation

Article R4021-17

The members of the bodies of the Agence nationale du développement professionnel continu (National Agency for Continuing Professional Development) receive fixed allowances for their work, under condit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4234-17

Articles R. 611-2 to R. 611-5 of the Code of Administrative Justice relating to the communication of pleadings and exhibits, the first paragraph of article R. 611-7 relating to the grounds raised ex o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Salary

Article D6325-17

…ducted from salary up to a limit of 75% of the deduction authorised for other employees by the applicable social security regulations. These deductions may not exceed, each month, an amount equal to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Packaging.

Article R5132-17

It is prohibited to use, for the medicinal products mentioned in article R. 5132-1, containers or packaging bearing the name of a product intended for human or animal consumption or likely to create c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-17

Reports are made :1° To the local materiovigilance correspondent when these reports are made by users or third parties who carry out their duties in one of the establishments or associations mentioned…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Invalidity of acts for substantive irregularity.

Article 121

In cases where it is likely to be covered, nullity will not be pronounced if its cause has disappeared by the time the judge rules.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Resolution

Article 1224

Termination results either from the application of a resolutory clause or, in the event of sufficiently serious non-performance, from notification by the creditor to the debtor or from a court decisio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Credit and property formalities

Article A444-170

…riminal record (number 181 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of the following fees:1° In the case of acquisition by one or more natural persons or by a legal entity up to and including 5 partne…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier (building societies)

Article L513-17

In the event of a change in the legal entity responsible for managing or collecting loans, securities, exposures or similar claims, debtors are informed by simple letter.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 11: Medical care and rehabilitation activities

Article R6123-121

I.-The medical care and rehabilitation authorisation is exercised according to the following terms and conditions: 1° "Multi-purpose"; 2° "Geriatrics"; 3° "Locomotor"; 4° "Nervous system"; 5° "Cardiov…

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