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Showing 29612970 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-135

Where, in the cases referred to in Article 25(6) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the public prosecutor to whom the investigation has been referred refuses t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions authorising the organisers of sporting events and competitions to process personal data for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-8

…hnical and legal skills to: 1° Process the data contained in the database referred to in article R. 333-5 ; 2° Transmit to the Autorité Nationale des Jeux and to La Française des Jeux the requests for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3141-8

Employees under the age of 21 on 30 April of the previous year are entitled to two extra days' leave for each dependent child. This leave is reduced to one day if the statutory leave does not exceed s…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information retained by contracting entities

Article R2184-8

…ut prior advertising or competitive tendering; 2° The reasons why it did not allocate the contract; 3° The reasons why it required a minimum annual turnover in excess of the ceiling set in article R.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles and definitions

Article R1110-8

Discriminatory refusal of care, within the meaning of Article L. 1110-3, any practice intended to prevent or dissuade a person from having access to preventive measures or care, by any means whatsoeve…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds concerning the transfer of assets by succession or gift

Article A444-61

Consent to the execution of a will or gift between spouses (number 6 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° A proportional fee, according to the following scale, if the consent is equivalent t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-83-5

The Agency and Working Conditions Committee is informed if there is a change in the company doctor.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte Regional Health Agency

Article D1446-8

…and Autonomy mentioned inArticle L. 149-1 of the Social Action and Family Code, if it is consulted.3° The college of social partners comprising :a) Five representatives of representative employee tra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities.

Article R2513-8

…re brigade is responsible, in the area of jurisdiction provided for under I and II of article L. 2513-3 and for the missions defined in article R. 2513-5, the implementation of all fire-fighting and r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the fire and rescue service of the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy

Article L1424-85

…il security risks;2° The preparation of safeguard measures and the organisation of rescue resources;3° The protection of people, property and the environment;4° Emergency assistance to people who are…

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