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Showing 44414450 of 66032 articles for Art. al. 2 · Cass. com. 26 November 2003 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 January 2009 · Cass. com. 1 March 2011

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Determination of the amount and duration of the allowance and payment of the allowance

Article D5424-76

The period referred to in article D. 5424-75 runs from the date of registration on the jobseekers' list or, if the person is already registered on this list, from the date of the first day of the mont…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Livestock health programmes and groups authorised to purchase, hold and dispense veterinary medicinal products

Article D5143-7

…rogrammes and proposing the approval of the groups designated in the first paragraph of article L. 5143-6.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Reimbursement by the State.

Article R3423-7

…ay be created. This information is intended to enable the control officers mentioned in article L. 8271-7 to ensure the application of the procedure for the restitution of sums wrongly received, as pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Protocol for therapeutic use and patient monitoring

Article R5121-74-6

…d by the protocol, a report called a "periodic summary report". This report includes in particular: 1° A summary of all the information collected as part of the implementation of the protocol, relatin…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Penalties

Article L311-7

…n and pricing of hotels are recorded and prosecuted under the conditions set out in articles L. 450-1 to L. 450-3 of the French Commercial Code.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 4: The appeal.

Article 1241-2

…ration of the family council runs from the date of that deliberation, except in the case of article 1234-4 where it runs against the members of the family council only from the day on which they were…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Levy and collection.

Article L1241-7

…dures for applying this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular : 1° The list of tissues mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 1241-1 that may be removed fro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4131-7

A Conseil d'Etat decree determines : 1° The conditions under which nationals of a Member State of the European Union, the Principality of Andorra or a State party to the Agreement on the European Econ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1248-7

…ed-term employment contract to the employee within two days of recruitment, in breach of article L. 1242-13, is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros.A repeat offence is punishable by a fine of 7,500 eu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Internal rules of the establishment.

Article R1112-77

The establishment's internal rules provided for in 13° of Article L. 6143-1 may specify the procedures for applying this section. They may also include the information set out in the order provided fo…

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