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Showing 17411750 of 43840 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 17-3-2021 n° 19-21.463 FS-P

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article R4381-17

In the event of a temporary ban on practising or providing care to insured persons, unless excluded by the other members under the conditions provided for in article R. 4381-16, the person concerned r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R4135-19-2

Within the limit of the maximum amount set in application of 3° of article R. 1621-7 of the present code, the member of the regional council acquires his individual training rights recorded in euros e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Extreme emergency work.

Article L4532-17

In the case of extremely urgent work whose immediate execution is necessary to prevent serious and imminent accidents or to organise rescue measures, the following obligations do not apply: 1° Submiss…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-17

Officers are empowered to carry out checks on the conformity of fresh fruit and vegetables with the marketing standards provided for in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 20…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Registration of members of the dental assisting profession

Article D4393-17

The regional health agency of the place of professional practice of persons authorised to practise the profession of dental assistant shall carry out the registration provided for in article L. 4393-1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Introduction of part-time working arrangements

Article L3123-17

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended branch agreement may provide for the implementation of part-time working hours at the employer's initiative. This agreement or conven…

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

Article R713-17

I. - The envelopes in which the votes are sent are sent to the prefecture, which draws up a summary statement.Under penalty of nullity of the vote, the envelopes in which the votes are sent shall incl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-17

The criminal court may stay the proceedings where it deems it necessary to translate the decision or where the property is already subject either to a seizure or freezing measure or to a final confisc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Maintenance, servicing and checks

Article R4224-17

Workplace installations and technical and safety devices are maintained and checked at appropriate intervals. Any defects likely to affect the health and safety of workers are rectified as quickly as…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-179

…ed thirty-eight months. However, authorisations granted prior to the date of publication of the loi n° 2001-420 du 15 mai 2001 relative aux nouvelles régulations économiques are valid until their expi…

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