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Showing 38113820 of 58366 articles for Art. Ord. 2014-86 of 30 January 2014 · Loi 2015-990 of 6 August 2015

French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article R451-6

…The road safety delegate or his representative, who chairs the commission; 2° The Director General of the Treasury or his representative; 3° The head of the road safety coordination unit or his repre…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-6

The trader who has made the consumer bear the cost of sending the goods in order to bring them into conformity is obliged to reimburse them within fourteen days at the latest from the day on which the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Collective prevention

Article R4434-6

When, despite the preventive measures implemented in application of this chapter, exposures exceeding the exposure limit values are observed, the employer: 1° Immediately takes measures to reduce expo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: State mountain sports teaching, supervision and training diplomas

Article D212-67

…instructors specialising in training; 5° State diploma in mountaineering and high mountain guiding; 6° The State diploma in mountaineering as a mid-mountain guide.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial assistance

Article R5134-69

Amounts received by way of aid for professional integration are not repaid and the employer retains the benefit of the aid corresponding to the number of days worked by the employee whose initiative-e…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Acceptance and approval procedures

Article L2193-6

The conditions for acceptance of the subcontractor and approval of its terms of payment by the purchaser are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R1113-6

…d unless the person gives instructions to the contrary. These items are also deposited in the event of death. The person admitted or accommodated, his legal representative in the case of a minor or, i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-6

No person may be a member of a supervisory board :1° In more than one capacity ;2° If he is subject to the incapacity provided for in article L. 6 of the Electoral Code;3° If he is a member of the Man…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General rules

Article 1347-6

The surety may set off what the creditor owes to the principal debtor. A joint and several debtor may rely on set-off of what the creditor owes to one of his co-obligors to have the latter's divided s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The conditional obligation

Article 1304-6

The obligation becomes pure and simple as from the fulfilment of the suspensive condition.However, the parties may provide that the fulfilment of the condition will have retroactive effect to the day…

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