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Showing 10711080 of 30455 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. avis 20-10-2022 n° 22-70.011 B

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conduct of the treatment order.

Article R3711-20

…errupt the person's treatment. He then informs the coordinating doctor and the person without delay by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The provisions of articles R. 3711-12 to R. 37…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Agreements relating to unemployment insurance.

Article L5422-20

…article L. 5422-9, articles L. 5422-10, L. 5422-14 to L. 5422-16 and article L. 5422-25, are the subject of agreements concluded between representative employers' and employees' organisations. These…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3rd Subsection: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 223 Q

…cial year under the conditions provided for in Article 223. It attaches a statement of grants and debt write-offs not used to determine the overall result for financial years opened before 1 January 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Packaging characteristics

Article L3512-22

I.-Units of packaging and outer packaging shall bear, in accordance with the conditions laid down by an order of the Minister for Health : 1° For smoking tobacco products : a) A health warning affixed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte Regional Health Agency

Article R1446-22

The Specialised Commission on Mental Health comprises no more than fifteen members elected from the plenary assembly of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy referred to in Article D. 1446-8,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-20

I.-The budget is drawn up taking particular account of the establishment's project, the objectives and performance contract signed with the State, as well as the agreements signed with the region to w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Clinical activities involving medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-22

…must have a doctor experienced in ultrasound and an anaesthetist-resuscitator. In addition, the establishment must enlist the help of a psychologist or a doctor qualified in psychiatry.When oocyte ret…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators.

Article R811-20

The members of the jury are appointed by order of the Minister of Justice, after obtaining the opinion of the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires in the cas…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R123-222

…al unit: a) For the natural persons mentioned in article R. 123-220 : the surname and, where applicable, the used name and pseudonym, the first names, the address of the legal unit with an indication,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substantial difference

Article A212-224

In the context of the free provision of services, when the Minister responsible for sports considers, after consulting the permanent mountaineering section of the training and employment commission of…

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