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Showing 41214130 of 33588 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 10-5-1989 n° 87-16.595

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-10

The duration of the contract is defined taking into account the nature of the services and the need for periodic competitive tendering. A contract may provide for one or more renewals provided that it…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial assistance

Article R5132-10-13-1

The recruitment of the people referred to in article L. 5132-6-1 on open-ended contracts by temporary work integration agencies entitles them to financial assistance, up to the number of integration p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligation to provide information about accidents at work

Article R4121-5

When a worker is the victim of an accident at work which results in his death, the employer shall inform the Labour Inspectorate official responsible for the place where the accident occurred immediat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-5

I.-The agglomeration community automatically exercises the following competencies in place of the member municipalities: 1° In terms of economic development: economic development actions under the con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R1524-5

For the application in Mayotte of article R. 1225-12, the words: "in article L. 541-1 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "in article 10-1 of order no. 2002-149 of 7 February 2002…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Insurance obligation

Article L321-5

Approved sports federations may conclude collective insurance contracts to cover affiliated associations and their licence-holders under the conditions set out in articles L. 321-1, L. 321-4, L. 321-6…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter 1-2: Examination of genetic characteristics, genetic identification and genetic research.

Article L1541-5

The following provisions of the preliminary chapters, I and III of Title III of Book I of this Part are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia:1° Articles L. 1130-1 to L. 1130-6, in the vers…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L2321-5

The communes whose inhabitants represent, in respect of one year, more than 1% of the parturients or more than 1% of the deceased in a public health establishment comprising a maternity unit and situa…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-5

The natural person who carries out the mediation measure must satisfy the following conditions:

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of the admissibility decision

Article R722-5

The letter notifying the admissibility decision states that its effect is to suspend and prohibit enforcement proceedings against the debtor's assets as well as assignments of remuneration that the de…

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