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Showing 28412850 of 55685 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 5 November 1987 · Cass. soc. 2 April 1998 · Cass. soc. 2 July 1981 · Cass. soc. 5 November 2009 · Cass. soc. 29 June 2017 · Cass. soc. 28 September 2010 · Cass. soc. 24 October 1989 · CA Paris 16 December 2009

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to recovery

Article R613-55

…as taken to subject this person to one of the measures referred to in Articles L. 613-48 to L. 613-62-2.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R6144-5

…itioners who are members. However, when permanent practitioners do not form the majority of the medical, odontological and pharmaceutical staff of the establishment, the internal regulations may provi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy

Article R6523-2-16-1

For the application of articles R. 6331-52 and R. 6332-72 to Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, the words: "the body mentioned in article L. 225-1-1" are replaced respectively by the words: "the body…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the transfer of activities

Article L613-52-5

For the sole purpose of exercising the freedom to provide services or the freedom of establishment in another Member State, the acquirer shall be deemed to be a continuation of the person subject to r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Compensation paid in the event of force majeure

Article A444-51

…nexe 4-8 are as follows: 1° For being present at the opening of locked doors and furniture: €19.80; 2° For lending a hand in the execution of an eviction measure: €33.00.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Compensation paid in the event of force majeure

Article A444-50

…nnexe 4-8 are as follows: 1° For being present at the opening of locked doors and furniture: €6.60; 2° For assisting with the execution of an eviction measure: €11.00.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-16

Before a clinical investigation is carried out, information is given to the person taking part by the investigator or by a doctor representing him. Where the investigator is a qualified person, this i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R3252-5

In all cases, the sum left at the disposal of an employee whose remuneration is subject to seizure or assignment, in application of the second paragraph of article L. 3252-5, is equal to the lump sum…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-5

I.-The court clerk shall attach to the copy of the judgment referred to in Article R. 645-4 a document reproducing the terms of II of this article, as well as: 1° Those of articles L. 645-4, L. 812-2,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions relating to the setting up of a relay establishment

Article L613-53-5

The provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 613-52, of II of Article L. 613-52-2 and of Articles L. 613-52-3, L. 613-52-4 and L. 613-52-6 apply when a bridge facility is used.

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