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Showing 53315340 of 22494 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 12 décembre 1994 n° 94-80155

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to each medical profession.

Article R4113-14

In a société d'exercice libéral de chirurgiens-dentistes, the direct or indirect holding of shares representing all or part of the share capital not held by the persons mentioned in the first paragrap…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article D72-104-2

The appropriations allocated to expenditure for each financial year may not be used to pay expenditure for another financial year.However, expenditure committed but not mandated at the close of the fi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint ventures formed by professionals covered by Titles I, II, IV and VII of this Book.

Article D4381-23

…chiropodists, speech therapists, orthoptists and dieticians referred to in Title II of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice of the liberal professions in the form of companie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-22

The time limit for appeals to the competent administrative court is fifteen days. This time limit runs, for practitioners and voters, from the day of the election and, for the High Representative of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration

Article R6152-710

…6152-1 contribute to the supplementary social security pension scheme instituted by decree no. 70-1277 of 23 December 1970 creating a supplementary social security pension scheme for non-tenured civ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Candidacy requirements

Article R1441-16

The specific delegation of authority referred to in 3° of article L. 1441-12 and 2° of article L. 1441-13, enabling professional and managerial staff to be registered in the employers' section, may ta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-13

…e matters referred to in 1°, 2°, 3°, 5°, 7°, 8°, 15°, 16°, 17°, 18°, 19° and 20° of article R. 1413-12, within the limits that it shall determine and in accordance with procedures that allow it to be…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Education, re-education and vocational training centres

Article R5213-13

…eir centres receiving disabled workers under the conditions set out in article R. 5213-9 to R. 5213-12 are submitted to the permanent section of the Higher Council for the Professional and Social Recl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conduct of inspection operations

Article R6362-7

…ting to the establishment and collection of the payments mentioned in articles L. 6362-8 to L. 6362-12.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mountain refuges.

Article D326-2

…article R. 143-12 du code de la construction et de l'habitation.

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