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Showing 491500 of 56728 articles for Art. Cass. soc. – 1 June 2023 – no. 21-23393

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-21

The doctor may waive the prohibition mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1211-14 when, despite the risk of transmission of a virus by the donor, the therapeutic alternatives to the transpla…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability.

Article R814-21

…s of the guarantee fund on the basis of the amount of funds not distributed by the professional at 31 December of the previous year for the guarantee concerning the representation of funds and on that…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Aptitude test

Article A212-217

…decide to subject the declarant in whole or in part, under the conditions laid down in article R. 212-90-1 and in 3° of article R. 212-93 , is intended to verify the declarant's ability to supervise…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-21

The guarantee fund of the undertakings referred to in article L. 310-3-2 is equal to one third of the minimum required solvency margin defined in article R. 334-19, but may not be less than the thresh…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Insurance on goods transported by all modes of transport

Article L173-21

It may also take place in the following cases1° If the ship is unseaworthy and if it has not been possible to start transporting the goods by any means of transport within three months;2° No news of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 17: Conditions for authorisation of individually prepared advanced therapy medicinal products

Article R5121-210

…eral of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and which includes :1° The name of the medicinal product and its composition ;2° A summary of the information relating t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-21

By way of derogation from the rules on consultation of employee representative bodies laid down in this Title and in Book III of Part Two, a company, group or branch agreement may lay down the terms a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to borough mayors, deputy borough mayors and borough councillors (R).

Article R2511-21

For the application of article R. 2123-5, the number of hours credited for one quarter is equal to: 1° One hundred and five hours for arrondissement mayors; 2° Fifty-two and a half hours for deputy ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-21

…a health care institution, considers that the damage suffered is compensable under II of Article L. 1142-1 or under Article L. 1142-1-1, the Office shall be summoned to the proceedings if it was not i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Aptitude test

Article A212-211

…y decide to subject the applicant, in whole or in part, under the conditions set out in article R. 212-90-1 and in 3° of article R. 212-93, is to verify the applicant's ability to supervise participan…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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