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Showing 14611470 of 49119 articles for Art. L 145-16 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 February 1987 · Cass. 3e civ. 23 July 1986 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 February 1972 · Cass. com. 26 October 1993

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Customer compensation.

Article L7313-16

Customer compensation cannot be determined on a flat-rate basis in advance.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General procedural rules

Article R321-26

I. - The requests referred to in articles L. 327-6 and L. 327-13 shall be made by letter delivered against signature or any other means capable of establishing proof of the date of referral, including…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-11

I.-Any person whose fertility is likely to be impaired as a result of medical treatment or whose fertility is likely to be prematurely impaired may benefit from the collection or removal and preservat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Health department

Article R1424-26

Under the authority of the departmental director of fire and rescue services, the chief medical officer manages the health sub-directorate and advises the fire and rescue service authorities. By way o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-29

For the application of the provisions of 1° of Article R. 5121-28, the Director General of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé may exempt the applicant for a marketing aut…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-26

I.-Without prejudice to Articles R. 356-20 to R. 356-20-3, the Solvency Capital Requirement of a subsidiary referred to in Article R. 356-24 is calculated in accordance with the provisions of this Art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Retraining for work

Article R5213-26

The disabled worker is assigned to the special workshops or posts provided for in article R. 5213-23 on the advice of the occupational physician.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-1

The College and the Sanction Committee may, if they do not consider themselves sufficiently informed in the light of the documents in the file, propose to the athlete likely to be sanctioned that he u…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: The National Council of Sworn Commodity Brokers

Article R131-26

The organisation of the elections is entrusted to the Board of the National Council of Sworn Freight Brokers which, before 15 October preceding the date of the renewal of the Council, sets the date fo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-9

The member of athlete support personnel or any other person who assists a person in violating the prohibition provided for in articles L. 232-23 and L. 232-23-4 and persons who have committed a breach…

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