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Showing 51815190 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation (R).

Article R1221-9

…ecifies the Council's guidelines and policy in carrying out its work, and assesses its activity. It may recommend general measures likely to improve the training of local elected representatives and e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-9

…ice-chairman called upon to chair the meeting of the Conciliation and Steering Committee, the chair may be held by a councillor who is a member of the assembly to which the defaulting chairman or vice…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Preventive measures and resources.

Article R4541-9

…navoidable and the mechanical aids provided for in 2° of Article R. 4541-5 cannot be used, a worker may only be allowed to carry loads in excess of 55 kilograms on a regular basis if he has been recog…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Negotiating committee

Article D7343-98

…sation appoints its full members from among the representatives mentioned in Article D. 7343-88. It may appoint an alternate from among these same representatives.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-9

…onvention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, opened for signature in New York on 12 January 1998, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 any person guilty…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Specific provisions relating to assignment subledgers

Article R342-9

The insurance undertaking or the supplementary occupational pension fund may enter into reinsurance or risk transfer treaties relating to commitments contracted under a contract or commitments mention…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The European Economic Interest Grouping.

Article L252-9

The nullity of the European Economic Interest Grouping and of its acts or deliberations may result only from the infringement of the mandatory provisions of Regulation No 2137-85 of 25 July 1985 of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions

Article L6213-9

…alled co-responsible biologists. Medical specialists qualified in pathological anatomy and cytology may be designated as co-responsible biologists. The biologist-co-responsible and the medical special…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Practice of the profession in the form of a company.

Article R814-90

…tion et de discipline. The register is kept at the company's registered office.However, the minutes may be drawn up on continuously numbered loose-leaf pages, initialled under the conditions provided…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties between colleagues and members of other health professions

Article R4321-99

…st to slander another masseur-physiotherapist, to speak ill of him or her, or to echo comments that may harm him or her in the practice of his or her profession. It is forbidden to take improper credi…

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