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Showing 29412950 of 44906 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 14-3-2012 n° 11-13.791

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mandate.

Article L2143-11

The trade union delegate's term of office ends no later than the first round of elections to the staff representative institution that renews the institution whose election recognised the representati…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-12

An application for the protection order to be lifted or modified or for temporary dispensation from certain of its obligations, as well as an application for the order to be revoked or for new measure…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the appointment and training of citizen assessors

Article R2-11

In accordance with the provisions of Article 10-7, the first president of the court of appeal and the president of the judicial tribunal decide by order on the distribution of the service of hearings…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article A713-11

Voting envelopes, as provided for in I of Article R. 713-17, shall measure 110 mm × 220 mm and comply with the specifications set out in Annex 7.2 to this book. They may include additional wording. Th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-119

The regulations governing insurance undertakings set out in this Code apply, under the conditions and subject to the reservations set out in this section, to the bodies referred to in Article L. 771-1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising municipal mandates

Article L2123-14-1

I. - The municipalities that are members of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may decide to entrust the latter, under the conditions provided for by arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-11

Natural persons guilty of the offences provided for in article L. 5441-8 are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Posting of the decision and its dissemination, under the conditions s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6461-11

The territorial council exercises the powers devolved by the laws and regulations in force to the departmental councils of the departments and to the regional councils, as well as those devolved to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Identification and lists of members of the medical professions.

Article D4113-118

The body referred to in the first paragraph of article D. 4113-117 is responsible for managing a national identification register of healthcare professionals compiled from the information sent to it u…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Information and prevention visit

Article R4624-11

The information and prevention visit to which the employee is entitled is an individual one. The main purpose of the visit is: 1° To ask the employee about his state of health; 2° To inform him of any…

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