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Showing 14111420 of 56461 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 17-1-2006 n° 04-13.789

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-17-1

I.-The emergency medical assistance service referred to in article L. 6311-2 may call upon companies holding health transport approval for any request for urgent health transport, requiring a rapid re…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of specialised committees for grades and equivalent grades

Article A212-175-18

The term of office of the members of the specialised commissions for the equivalent grades is identical to the term of office of the governing bodies of the federations mentioned in article A. 212-175…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of specialised committees for grades and equivalent grades

Article A212-175-19

The federations mentioned in article A. 212-175-15 inform the Minister responsible for sport of the conditions necessary for the presentation of a dan or equivalent grade.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of specialised committees for grades and equivalent grades

Article A212-175-16

The federations mentioned in article A. 212-175-15 appoint the members of the specialised commissions for the equivalent grades and levels, whose composition is as follows: two-thirds of members repre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-17-1

In the companies and their establishments mentioned in 3° of article R. 5142-1, the pharmacist or veterinarian in charge and the delegated pharmacist(s) or veterinarian(s) must provide proof of at lea…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L1234-17-1

The provisions of this sub-section apply in the absence of legal, contractual or customary provisions providing for a longer period of notice. They also apply to the termination of a permanent employm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-176-1

I. - At the end of a period of three years from the formation by public offering of the investment forestry groupings mentioned in II of article L. 331-4-1 of the French Forestry Code, or from the fir…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of post-authorisation safety studies

Article R5121-178-1

This article applies to the post-authorisation safety studies referred to in Article R. 5121-178 which are carried out either voluntarily by the holder of the marketing authorisation referred to in Ar…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Agreement between professional organisations

Article L132-17-8

I.-Where the professional organisations representing authors and publishers in the book sector conclude an agreement covering all the provisions mentioned in II, this agreement may be made binding on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relationship between the respective payment service providers and the payment service user

Article L133-17-1

An account-holding payment service provider may refuse a payment service provider providing an account information or payment initiation service access to a payment account for objectively justified a…

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