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Showing 27112720 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 Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Establishment and powers

Article D721-3

The number of judges and the number of chambers in each commercial court are set in accordance with the tables in Annex 7-2 to this book.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 16: Work involving animals

Article D4153-37

It is forbidden to assign young people to : 1° Slaughtering, euthanising or rendering animals; 2° Work in contact with ferocious or venomous animals.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Persons authorised to practise the profession of pharmacy assistant

Article D4241-3

Candidates for the "brevet professionnel de préparateur en pharmacie" must, on the date on which they sit the examination as a whole or the last unit entitling them to the award of the diploma, provid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Temporary work at a height

Article D4153-30

…ve protection measures. II-The ban mentioned in I may be waived for the use of ladders, stepladders and steps, under the conditions laid down in the second paragraph of Article R. 4323-63. III -The pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Temporary work at a height

Article D4153-32

It is forbidden to assign young people to work at height on trees and other woody and semi-woody species.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 15: Work involving exposure to extreme temperatures

Article D4153-36

It is forbidden to assign young people to work that exposes them to extreme temperatures likely to damage their health.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title IIa: Provisions common to direct taxes and turnover taxes

Article 302 decies

…I of Article 289 A, with the exception of representatives responsible for carrying out in the name and on behalf of the principal the formalities and obligations relating to the tax regime mentioned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article D440-3

The appointment of the members of the administrative and judicial jurisdictions, within the commission for the examination of commercial practices, is respectively made on the proposal of the vice-pre…

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

Article L2363-19

…g the meetings mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 2363-18 is considered as working time and paid at the normal rate.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-19

The data mentioned in 1° of I of article R. 2143-17 are kept for a period of fifty years from the date of their recording in the processing. The data mentioned in 3° of I of article R. 2143-17 are kep…

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