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Showing 23412350 of 66453 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 19-9-2007 n° 06-15.295 and Cass. civ. 3-10-2019 n° 18-22.945 F-D

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Space heating

Article R4227-19

…stible liquids or gases to the fixed heat production-emission appliances are made entirely of metal and assembled by welding. The use of lead pipes is prohibited.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-19

…th of a shareholder does not in itself result in the dissolution of the company. However, the heirs and assigns of a deceased member may only claim remuneration for the contribution made by the deceas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reporting obligations.

Article R5121-198

The regional pharmacovigilance centres inform the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé on the same day of the reports of adverse reactions likely to be due to a blood-de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reporting obligations.

Article R5121-197

The correspondent mentioned in article R. 5121-181 who receives the report provided for in article R. 5121-196 immediately forwards it to the regional pharmacovigilance centre. If he is otherwise awar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reporting obligations.

Article R5121-199

Organisations or companies exploiting blood-derived medicinal products which have knowledge of adverse reactions likely to be due to these medicinal products inform the Director General of the Agence…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reporting obligations.

Article R5121-196

…ion grouping, to the regional pharmacovigilance centre, if it is located within this establishment, and to the correspondent mentioned in article R. 5121-181 in other cases; 2° When the medicinal prod…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-3

Where there is no victim support office within the court and the sentence is handed down in the presence of the civil party, the sentence enforcement office may be asked to receive the civil party aft…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Professional equality between women and men and quality of life and working conditions

Article L2242-18

Negotiations on the professional integration and continued employment of disabled workers take place on the basis of a report drawn up by the employer setting out the situation with regard to the obli…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to employee participation in general meetings or section or branch meetings

Article L2363-18

…ich allows, under the conditions provided for in article 4 of article 59 of Council Regulation (EC) n° 1435 / 2003 of 22 July 2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society, the possibility to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-30

…ing water informs the mayor of the decision to close the bathing site, the duration of the decision and the reasons for it. The mayor communicates these to the prefect for the purposes of amending the…

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