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Showing 801810 of 4136 articles for Art. Convention franco-britannique 1968

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-36-1

…scales that are compatible with the imperatives of safe care: a) Medical imaging examinations using conventional radiology, angiography by scanner and ultrasound, MRI and interventional radiology proc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3431-3

I.-The European Collectivity of Alsace is responsible for organising the procedures for implementing the Alsace cross-border cooperation plan, while respecting the competences of the other territorial…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions

Article R6154-5-1

Private practice in public hospitals pursuant to articles L. 6154-1 to L. 6154-7 of the Public Health Code is subject to the practitioner's adherence to the national agreement referred to in article L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L1237-4

Provisions relating to the retirement of employees contained in a collective agreement, a collective labour agreement or an employment contract are applicable provided that they do not conflict with l…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Grouping of orders

Article L2113-7

The agreement setting up the consortium, signed by its members, defines the operating rules of the consortium. It may entrust one or more of its members with the task of carrying out all or part of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1589

A promise of sale is equivalent to a sale when there is mutual consent by both parties to the property and the price. If this promise applies to land already subdivided or to be subdivided, its accept…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Causes of dissolution and separation as to property.

Article 1451

Articles 265-2 are suspended, as regards their effects, until the divorce is granted; they may not be enforced, even as between spouses, until the judgment has become res judicata.One of the spouses m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-65

In order to implement an employee's entitlement to the leave referred to in Article L. 3142-60, a company collective agreement or agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or agreement shall dete…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Research and technological development

Article L4252-2

For the implementation of multi-annual programmes of regional interest l referred to in article L. 4252-1, the region may enter into agreements for actions, of limited duration, with the State, public…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The arbitration agreement.

Article 1448

Where a dispute arising under an arbitration agreement is brought before a State court, the latter shall declare that it has no jurisdiction unless the arbitral tribunal has not yet been seised and th…

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