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Showing 28612870 of 38545 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 5-6-2013 n° 12-19.634

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Recruitment.

Article R6152-610

Attached practitioners are recruited for a contract of a maximum duration of one year, renewable up to a total duration of twenty-four months. When, at the end of each contract, the employment relatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment.

Article R6152-604

Attached practitioners may carry out their duties concurrently in one or more structures of the same establishment or in different establishments.Practitioners attached on a full-time basis may work i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 668

Any judge or adviser may be challenged for the following reasons: 1° If the judge or his spouse or his partner linked by a civil solidarity pact or his cohabitee are relatives or allies of one of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-5

I.-In application of 13° of article L. 122-5 and subject to II of this article, libraries accessible to the public, museums, archive services or institutions holding film, audiovisual or sound heritag…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: State mountain sports teaching, supervision and training diplomas

Article D212-68

The State diplomas of national alpine ski instructor and national Nordic cross-country ski instructor, as well as the State diploma in mountaineering and mid-mountain guiding, are registered at level…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: State mountain sports teaching, supervision and training diplomas

Article D212-67

The diplomas entitling the holder to teach, supervise and train for remuneration in mountain sports, each in the corresponding speciality, are as follows: 1° State diploma for national alpine ski inst…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: State mountain sports teaching, supervision and training diplomas

Article D212-69

These diplomas are awarded on completion of a course comprising : 1° General training common to the teaching, supervision and training professions in mountain sports ; 2° Specific training for each of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 5: Special provisions for the seizure of standing crops

Article R221-60

The sale is announced by posters posted at the town hall and at the market nearest to the place where the crops are located. The notices shall state the date, time and place of the sale and indicate t…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 5: Special provisions for the seizure of standing crops

Article R221-61

The sale takes place at the place where the crops are located or at the nearest market.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Growth market for small and medium-sized enterprises

Article L424-6

For the purposes of this section, "small and medium-sized enterprises" means companies whose average market capitalisation has been less than an amount set by decree on the basis of end-of-calendar-ye…

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