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Showing 301310 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 Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Production aid

Article 322-18

Selective financial support is available for video game production.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 17: Nuclear medicine

Article D6124-192

…site authorised under the conditions of Article R. 6123-136 is connected to a system for archiving and sharing images and to a system for archiving and analysing doses. The report given to the patien…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 17: Nuclear medicine

Article D6124-191

Staff working in the delimited area where radiopharmaceutical preparations and controls are carried out receive appropriate initial and ongoing training in radiopharmacy and radiation protection for s…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Provisions relating to local authority accountants

Article D1617-19

…ct of a requisition order, the public accountants of local authorities, local public establishments and syndicated owners' associations must only demand the supporting documents provided for the corre…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Counting of votes

Article D4233-19

…t within a period of fifteen days. This period runs, for the electors, from the day of the election and, for the general directors of the regional health agencies and the minister in charge of health,…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation of dematerialisation

Article D1221-19

Failure to comply with the obligation to make a pre-recruitment declaration by electronic means will result in the application of a penalty equal to 0.5% of the monthly social security ceiling per emp…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Status of employees.

Article D5424-19

The employee loses his right to compensation if he refuses to carry out the work requested of him by his company, when this work can be carried out during the bad weather, particularly in the workshop…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article D1432-19

Any member who loses the capacity for which he was appointed ceases to be a member of the Supervisory Board. If a member ceases to be a member of the Supervisory Board on which he or she sat, a new me…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 16: Interventional cardiology imaging procedures

Article D6124-183

…nt of patients are concluded between the authorisation holders performing interventional activities and the establishments authorised to practice emergency medicine called upon, where applicable, to p…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Detention

Article R57-9-18

…nal data known as the national management of persons detained in prisons (GENESIS), the information and personal data that may be recorded therein, the operating and access rules, as well as the right…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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