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Showing 56215630 of 68221 articles for Art. I-3° and Art. 156 bis

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4371-3-1

…f formal qualifications in the language of the State which awarded them. He must indicate the place and establishment where it was obtained. In cases where the evidence of formal qualifications of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article D131-1-3

…or any other durable medium, of their wish to be treated as a client with the experience, knowledge and skills necessary to understand the risks they incur when selecting units of account made up of a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article R111-4-3

Manufacturers and importers of multifunction mobile telephones shall ensure: 1° From the date on which the first unit of a model is placed on the national market, the availability of the following spa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-5-3

The producer communicates, free of charge, to the consumer the essential characteristics of each update mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 111-6. These features relate to: 1° The purpose…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-37-1

…t to have recourse to a permanent employment contract due to the nature of the activity carried out and the temporary nature of this job; 4° When the contract is concluded to ensure the replacement of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-36-1

In the absence of a stipulation in the branch agreement or agreement concluded pursuant toArticle L. 1251-36, this waiting period is equal to: 1° One third of the duration of the assignment contract t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Prior interview.

Article L1233-38

…loyer makes at least ten employees redundant for economic reasons within the same thirty-day period and there is a social and economic committee in the company, the interview procedure prior to redund…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration of members of the professions of medical electroradiology manipulator and medical laboratory technician and of graduates not in practice

Article D4354-3

The Director of the Regional Health Agency and the Armed Forces Medical Corps shall send the Minister for Health and the body responsible for managing the register referred to in Article D. 4113-118 a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 sexies

…on receiving this information is subject to professional secrecy under the terms of articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the Criminal Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Recourse through the hierarchy

Article R1253-31

The administrative authority to which an appeal is lodged has fifteen days from the date of referral to make its decision.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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