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Showing 33513360 of 61711 articles for Art. R 330-2 · Cass. com. 7 July 2004 · CA Paris 5 November 2008

French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Involvement of the guarantee fund

Article R421-50

When, following the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's authorisation, the guarantee fund assumes responsibility for compensation for losses resulting from personal injury and damage to property…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Data and methods of transmission to the health authority

Article R3113-5

An order of the Minister for Health sets the list of diseases that must be reported by medical biology departments and laboratories as mentioned in articles R. 3113-3 and R. 3113-4 via the information…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Individual authorisation

Article R7124-5

The investigation enables the commission to assess : 1° Whether the activity for which the application is made can, in view of its difficulties and its morality, normally be entrusted to the child ; 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Compensation in the event of dismissal, discharge or acquittal

Article R249-5

Where the public prosecution has been initiated by the civil party, the investigating or trial court may only award compensation against the latter on the application of the public prosecutor and by a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R623-51

The seizure, whether descriptive or real, provided for in Article L. 623-27-1 is ordered by the president of one of the judicial courts mentioned in Article D. 631-1, within whose jurisdiction the ope…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

Article R771-5

Articles R. 711-1 and R. 712-1 are not applicable to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Verification procedures

Article R2144-5

Where the purchaser limits the number of candidates admitted to continue the procedure, the checks referred to in articles R. 2144-1,R. 2144-3 and R. 2144-4 shall be carried out at the latest before t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Practice of the profession

Article R4312-52

Nurses are prohibited from receiving benefits in kind or in cash, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, from companies providing services or producing or marketing products covered by compul…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Refusal and withdrawal of the temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT trainee" or "ICT mobile trainee".

Article R421-58

The temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT trainee" provided for in article L. 421-30 or the temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT mobile trainee" provided for in article L.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Refusal and withdrawal of the temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT trainee" or "ICT mobile trainee".

Article R421-55

The issue of a temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT trainee" provided for in article L. 421-30 or that of a temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT mobile trainee" provided…

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