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Showing 14511460 of 37977 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9-4-2002 n° 98-16.829

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: In-patient and out-patient duties of maieutics students

Article D6153-99

During the second cycle, including the annual leave provided for in article R. 6153-106, hospital students in maieutics complete practical training, including several placements. Hospital students in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coordination committees.

Article D1432-9

In order to carry out the tasks assigned to it by 2° of Article L. 1432-1, the Commission :1° May decide, by mutual agreement between its members, on work to be carried out to contribute to the develo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Addictovigilance

Article R5132-97

The following definitions apply1° Drug dependence: a set of behavioural, cognitive and physiological phenomena of varying intensity, in which the use of one or more psychoactive substances becomes a h…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-9-6

The report published by the professional bodies provided for in article L. 132-9-4 includes the following information as at 31 December of the previous year: 1° Number of applications by potential ben…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L2151-9

Any organisation providing embryo storage for research purposes must hold an authorisation issued by the Agence de la biomédecine.However, medical biology laboratories authorised in accordance with Ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-9

I.-Applications shall be declared in writing to the prefecture of the département in which the headquarters of the territorial chamber of commerce and industry is located.The département prefect shall…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-40-4

The liquidator's remuneration is determined by the president of the court on the basis of a detailed account. Where appropriate, the president of the court then makes a final decision on the remunerat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-9

In the absence of an agreement provided for in article L. 2312-21, in undertakings with at least three hundred employees, the economic, social and environmental database provided for in article L. 231…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9

I. - Portfolio management companies are legal entities which manage one or more : 1° UCITS ; 2° FIA ; 3° UCITS governed by foreign law and approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the Europ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to off-premises contracts

Article L221-9

The trader shall provide the consumer with a dated copy of the off-premises contract, on paper signed by the parties or, with the consumer's agreement, on another durable medium, confirming the expres…

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