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Showing 221230 of 45787 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 3-7-1968 n° 66-12.056

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of the national conference

Article R 1424-66

The president of the Conseil national des sapeurs-pompiers volontaires and, in the cases provided for in the third paragraph of article 44 of law no. 2004-811 of 13 August 2004 on the modernisation of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 311-78

In the event of a dispute or difficulty of interpretation as to whether an audiovisual work belongs to a particular genre, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may consu…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 311-77

For works belonging to the genre of audiovisual adaptation of a live performance involving exceptional groupings of artists for a particular performance or consisting of the compilation of extracts fr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: The general meeting of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-66-1

The decision to affiliate to an insurance group company or to terminate such affiliation is taken at the general meeting of each mutual insurance company, which rules under the conditions laid down in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-66

For application of article L. 225-228, when the company's shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the Board of Directors shall choose the statutory auditors it intends to propose, withou…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Decision to award employability assistance.

Article L5134-66-1

The decision to award a new subsidy for professional integration is subject to a prior assessment of the support measures and measures aimed at the long-term integration of employees, carried out unde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-66-1

The time that the presiding judge of the summary proceedings panel or the adjudication panel may have devoted to rereading and signing the decisions mentioned in g of 2° of article R. 1423-55 is set a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Appeal procedures

Article R2333-120-66

Where a decision of the Commission is vitiated by a material error likely to have had an influence on the judgment of the case, the interested party may appeal to the Commission for rectification.This…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Adverse events associated with healthcare

Article R1413-66-1

An undesirable event associated with the care provided during investigations, treatments, cosmetic medical procedures or preventive actions is an event that is unexpected with regard to the patient's…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Registration of homeopathic medicines.

Article R5141-66-1

The registration issued by the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail becomes null and void if it appears : 1° That it is not followed by the market…

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