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Showing 26712680 of 33588 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 10-5-1989 n° 87-16.595

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-5-5

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat will specify the conditions for the application of articles L. 1435-5-1 to L. 1435-5-4, and in particular the procedures for billing procedures performed as part of outp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-10-15

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 5217-10-14 are transmitted to the metropolitan authority.They are communicated by the metropolitan authority to the elected members o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: The jury

Article R212-10-2

The Selection Board is chaired by a category A official. If the chairman is unavailable, he may be replaced by a category A official. In addition to the chairman, the selection board is made up of : -…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the agency committee

Article R1432-109-1

The full members and alternate members of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee are entitled to a monthly credit of delegation hours to carry out all the tasks of the Committee, its committees a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-5

Reasons shall be given for the decision rejecting the application for a declaration of enforceability.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Automatic provisional enforcement

Article 514-5

The rejection of an application to set aside or halt provisional enforcement by operation of law and the reinstatement of provisional enforcement by operation of law may be made subject, at the reques…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-5

Within the period stipulated in the previous article, the offender must pay the amount due under the transaction, unless he lodges a protest with the operator's department within three months of the o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions relating to the works

Article 511-5

The physical elements of cinematographic works are identified and inventoried.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-102-1

I. - A declaration of extra-financial performance is inserted in the management report provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 225-100, when the balance sheet total or turnover and the numb…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-10-1

The agreement referred to in article L. 5132-2 may provide for the signatory integration enterprise to set up periods of work experience for its employees recruited under contracts concluded in applic…

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