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Showing 31713180 of 40133 articles for Art. CA Versailles 7-3-2024 n° 22/05759

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Local bodies

Article R6147-7

…he Hospices civils de Lyon and the Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Marseille, the institutional medical commission may delegate to a local institutional medical commission some of its consultative pow…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 787 B

…enforceable against the authorities from the date of registration of the deed recording it. In the case of securities admitted to trading on a regulated market, the collective undertaking to retain i…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L451-7

In the event of conviction for the offences punishable under 1° of article L. 451-2, the court may also order:

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibition on entering or being in the vicinity of a venue where a sporting event is taking place

Article R332-7

For the application of article L. 332-16, the prefect of the département or, in Paris, the police prefect or, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, the Bouches-du-Rhône police prefect provides the a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Consular higher education establishments

Article R711-79

The agreement signed by a consular higher education establishment pursuant to article L. 711-19 specifies in particular:1° The academic objectives pursued by the establishment;2° The principles govern…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Award conditions

Article R5424-71

I.- For the application of the condition of previous activity income mentioned in 3° of article R. 5424-70, the income declared by the self-employed person to the tax authorities for income tax purpos…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals.

Article L1251-7

In addition to the cases provided for in article L. 1251-6, a temporary employee may be made available to a user undertaking: 1° When the temporary work assignment aims, in application of legal provis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article 706-113

Without prejudice to the application of articles 706-112-1 to 706-112-3, when the person is being prosecuted, the public prosecutor or investigating judge notifies the curator or guardian and the guar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions relating to the management of the guarantee fund for damage resulting from preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic acts provided by health professionals

Article R427-7

…rred to in Article L. 426-1. This board is chaired by the chairman of the board of directors of the Caisse centrale de réassurance. The Board also includes: 1° The Director General of the Treasury or…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 712-5

…work must be the subject of production expenditure in the territory or territories of the States located in the African, Caribbean and Pacific zone in which the companies involved in the co-productio…

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