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Showing 26412650 of 66032 articles for Art. al. 2 · Cass. com. 26 November 2003 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 January 2009 · Cass. com. 1 March 2011

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-151

The costing committee responsible for proposing the amount of aid is made up of one of the co-chairmen of each commission. For each project, the co-chair of the relevant committee has the casting vote…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4113-77

…company to provide proof of the liability insurance provided for in the second paragraph of article 16 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4381-78

…company to provide proof of the liability insurance provided for in the second paragraph of article 16 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Uses of the professional prevention account

Article L4163-7

…allocate all or part of the points registered in his account to one or more of the following uses: 1° Covering all or part of the costs of a continuing vocational training course with a view to acces…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Documents specific to publicly traded companies

Article L232-7

…tion of distributable sums to be proposed to the general meeting.The I, III and VII of Article L. 451-1-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code are applicable to the companies mentioned in the first para…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-31

The Public Prosecutor may postpone the execution of a confiscation order in the following cases: 1° Where the confiscation order relates to a sum of money and the amount recovered is likely to exceed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Gender equality in the workplace

Article R2242-7

…e income from employment that forms the basis for calculating the penalty referred to in article L. 2242-8 is that for the whole month following the end of the formal notice referred to in article R.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Prevention plan.

Article R4512-7

…on plan must be drawn up in writing and approved before the work begins in the following two cases: 1° Whenever the operation to be carried out by the external companies, including any subcontractors…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 11: Recognition of prescriptions

Article R5211-70

…ning a supply in another Member State of the European Union must include the following information: 1° The surname and forenames, position and, where applicable, the title or speciality of the prescri…

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

Article L6143-7

…ution.The Director is competent to settle the affairs of the institution other than those listed in 1° to 15° and other than those falling within the remit of the Supervisory Board listed in article L…

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