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Showing 481490 of 62366 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-3-1995 n° 147

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R526-3-1

For the application of the second paragraph of Article L. 526-6, the assets, rights, obligations and securities necessary for the exercise of the professional activity are those which, by their nature…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D712-14-3

Territorial chambers of commerce and industry that wish to have their budget topped up, over and above the voted budget, under the conditions set out in articles D. 712-14-1 to D. 712-14-2 submit a re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Death certificate

Article R2213-1-3

The Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale is responsible for managing the database made up of all the information appearing on the medical sections and additional medical sections…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3142-1-3

The period of leave provided for in 3° bis of article L. 3142-1 begins to run, at the employee's choice, either during the seven-day period preceding the child's arrival at home, or on the day the chi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R*3231-1

The decrees provided for in articles L. 3231-4, L. 3231-7, L. 3231-8, L. 3231-10 and L. 3231-12 are issued by the Council of Ministers.The decrees provided for in articles L. 3231-4, L. 3231-8 and L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R743-139-3

The salaried commercial court clerk invested with a mandate in the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce may not participate in deliberations or votes on disciplinary matters concer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4342-1-3

The organisational protocol describes the medical situations concerned and the orthoptic procedures required.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-3

All medicinal products are fitted with the tamper-evident device referred to in Article R. 5121-138-2. However, this device is not compulsory for medicinal products on the list set out in Annex I to C…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Training activities

Article D6313-3-1

The implementation of all or part of a distance learning course includes: 1° Appropriate technical and pedagogical assistance to support the beneficiary throughout the course; 2° Information for the b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account funding

Article R6323-3-1

I. - The personal training account of the employee referred to in article L. 6323-11-1 who has worked at least half of the legal or contractual working time over the year is topped up by 800 euros for…

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