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Showing 57515760 of 63274 articles for Art. s. 1833 and 1844-10 · Cass. 3e civ. 5 July 2000

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-53-1

In implementing the provisions of Articles R. 356-52 and R. 356-53, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall assess whether the provision of information represents a disproportionate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General parity rules

Article R1411-58-4

…full or alternate seat on a Board of Directors shall be of the same gender as the member he replaces.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for marketing authorisation or registration

Article D5141-55-1

I.-The amount of the fee provided for in 8° of 1 of I of Article L. 5141-8 is set at €1,500 per veterinary medicinal product or per series of homeopathic veterinary medicinal products and forming the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-5

…role, nurses carry out the following acts or provide the following care aimed at identifying risks and ensuring the comfort and safety of the person and his/her environment, and including informing t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2661-5

…ation of the legislative provisions of Book IV in French Polynesia: 1° In Article L. 2411-1, 2°, 3° and 4° are deleted; 2° In Article L. 2412-2 : a) In 2°, the words: "defined in articles…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R1431-5

…e (CGT-FO);4° One member nominated by the Confédération française des travailleurs chrétiens (CFTC);5° One member nominated by the Confédération française de l'encadrement-Confédération générale des c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of traineeships

Article R6341-5

…onditions for admission of the trainee; 3° The level of training; 4° The content of the programmes; 5° The content of the training plan provided for in article R. 6341-12; 6° Sanctioning of studies; 7…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Operational reserve of the customs administration

Article 52 decies

…eservist customs officer who suffers damage during periods of employment or training in the reserve and, in the event of death, his dependants, shall be entitled, at the expense of the State, to full…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Town Council

Article L2573-5

I. - The provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financing obligations of employers with at least eleven employees

Article L6331-5

…s allocated as follows:-1% is allocated by France Compétences as mentioned in 3° of article L. 6123-5; -for the remaining 0.30%, an extended branch agreement concluded between the trade union organisa…

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