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Showing 571580 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-19

The competent authority may, at any time, request additional information on the performance study from the developer. Where the competent authority considers that the requirements set out in Regulatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General Manager.

Article R5312-19

…as well as the Directors of the establishments created on the basis of 7° of article R. 5312-6. He may delegate his signature to staff under his authority. He may delegate his powers within the frame…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L312-19

The borrower may withdraw without giving reasons within a period of fourteen completed calendar days from the day of acceptance of the offer of a credit agreement including the information provided fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Authorisation procedure applicable to the termination or transfer of the contract.

Article R4623-19

…y secret ballot, by a majority of their members, duly convened, present or represented. Each member may only hold the proxy of one other member.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting system

Article R7345-19

The institution's Chief Executive Officer may set up revenue and imprest accounts under the conditions set out in Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Perinatal psychiatry

Article R6123-198

…psychiatry". By way of derogation, the holder of a "child and adolescent psychiatry" authorisation may enter into an agreement with a holder of the "adult psychiatry" authorisation.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-19

Open-ended employment contracts may include a trial period, the maximum duration of which is : 1° For manual and clerical workers, two months ; 2° for supervisors and technicians, three months; 3° for…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Temporary duty-free import and export of articles for the personal use of travellers.

Article 196 bis

1. Travellers who come to stay temporarily in the customs territory may import, with temporary exemption from the duties and taxes payable on entry, articles intended exclusively for their personal us…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19

A collective agreement may determine the content of a collective severance agreement excluding all redundancies in order to achieve the objectives assigned to it in terms of job cuts. The authorities…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: The borough mayor and deputy mayors (R).

Article R2511-19

The five-day period within which, in accordance with the fifth paragraph of article L. 2511-25, the election of the district mayor and his deputies may be declared null and void for a period of twenty…

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