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Showing 51215130 of 58536 articles for Art. II · Cass. 3e civ. 15 September 2010 · Cass. 3e civ. 4 November 1998

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to global contracts involving design services for a building project

Article D2171-4

…cludes the following elements:1° Preliminary design studies;2° Project studies;3° Execution studies;4° Supervision of the execution of the works;5° Assistance to the project owner during the acceptanc…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Contract reference value.

Article A131-4

…of a unit of account for units of account of a comparable nature, as provided for in article R. 131-4 , is authorised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution on the basis of a report b…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Informing the authorities about risk prevention

Article R4411-44

The body referred to in Article L. 4411-4 is empowered to provide any person who so requests and who is interested in the protection of workers, in particular the occupational physician and members of…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-40

…by which the annual revenue and expenditure required to carry out the tasks defined in article L. 6431-4 are forecast and authorised. The revenue estimates and expenditure authorisations are presente…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Professionalisation contracts

Article L981-4

…g received are then carried out within the framework of the missions defined by Chapter IV of Title II of Book I. An agreement concluded at professional branch level between the professional employers…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-4

The research referred to in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 may only be carried out after a favourable opinion has been obtained from the Committee for the Protection of Individuals referred to in Article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-40

…s made to the domicile of payment of the bill of exchange within the period provided for in article 41 of the decree-law of 30 October 1935 unifying the law on cheques and relating to payment cards. T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Termination of indivision.

Article L5222-4

When a commune requests that the undivided ownership in respect of it be terminated, the syndicate commission to which the request is referred notifies that commune, within a period of six months, of…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions.

Article R742-4

…filling the diploma or traineeship conditions provided for respectively in 6° and 8° of article R. 742-1 persons who have successfully completed a post-secondary course of study of at least three year…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5223-4

…hdrawn. The amount of the fine may not exceed the amount set in the second paragraph of article L. 5421-9. If the formal notice has not been acted upon by the end of the period set, the Director Gener…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
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