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Showing 44814490 of 64955 articles for Art. L 141-14 · Cass. com. 21 January 1974 · Cass. com. 20 October 1980 · Cass. com. 8 April 1976 · Cass. com. 8 June 2017 n° 16-11.441 · CA Versailles 3 December 2009 · Cass. com. 6 May 2002 · Cass. com. 24 February 1981 · Cass. com. 16 January 1996

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Production aid

Article 322-24

The total amount of aid for video game production may not exceed 50% of the expenditure referred to in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Grafting activities referred to in Article R. 6122-25

Article R6123-81

Organ transplants and haematopoietic cell transplants may not be carried out as part of the self-employed activities of statutory full-time practitioners as provided for in Article L. 6154-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Grafting activities referred to in Article R. 6122-25

Article R6123-80

The health establishment authorised to carry out organ transplant or haematopoietic cell injection activities provides medical care for patients before and after the transplant or injection procedure.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article D3141-8

The end-of-assignment indemnity provided for in Article L. 1251-32 is taken into account when determining the total remuneration provided for in Article L. 3141-24.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access and practice

Article R519-8

I.-The banking and payment services intermediaries referred to in 1° of the I of article R. 519-4 and their agents referred to in 4° of the same I, where the latter do not carry out intermediation act…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral homes (R).

Article D2223-87

When the creation or extension of the funeral home has been authorised under the conditions provided for in Article R. 2223-74, its opening to the public is subject to compliance with the requirements…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Rules common to all types of practice.

Article R4127-83

I. - In accordance with article L. 4113-9, the usual practice of medicine, in any form whatsoever, within a company, local authority or institution governed by private law must, in all cases, be the s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales

Article A123-80

In the month following publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales of the notice of formation or closure of the liquidation of a grouping, the Registrar shall draw up and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition.

Article R4532-80

For the duration of its involvement on the worksite, each company is represented on the inter-company college by : 1° The head of the company or his authorised representative; 2° An employee actually…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition.

Article R4532-83

The list of company representatives and other members of the inter-company college, as well as persons who may attend meetings of the college in an advisory capacity, is kept up to date and posted on…

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