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Showing 25012510 of 59417 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-1-1997 n° 9

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article L5461-9

…ories: a) Without the EU declaration of conformity having been drawn up in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745;b) For which the CE marking provided for in Article 20 of Regulation (…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Other cases of recourse to expert appraisal

Article L2315-92

I.-A Chartered Accountant may be appointed by the Social and Economic Committee: 1° Under the conditions set out in article L. 2312-41 relating to mergers; 2° Under the conditions set out in articles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-8

…firm is or is likely to be exposed, as well as the liquidity requirements under Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 and the cost of capital. Financial and non-financial criteria are taken into account in asses…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Time savings account.

Article R6152-807-3

Each day concerned by the option mentioned in 1° of article R. 6152-807-2 is compensated up to an amount set by joint order of the ministers responsible for health, the civil service and the budget. T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Time savings account.

Article R6152-807-2

When, at the end of the calendar year, the number of days registered in the time savings account exceeds the threshold mentioned in article R. 6152-807-1, the practitioner may opt, for the days exceed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Time savings account.

Article R6152-807-4

I. - The days mentioned in 2° of Article R. 6152-807-2 are maintained on the time savings account subject to the cumulative conditions listed in 1° and 2° below: 1° The annual increase in the number o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-9

Overtime may not have the effect of increasing the working time of a part-time employee to the level of the legal working time or, if it is lower, to the level of the working time set by agreement.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article R2123-9

To set the maximum time of absence to which elected representatives who have the status of employees are entitled pursuant to article L. 2123-5, the legal working time for a calendar year is assessed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives

Article A812-9

The marking of the written tests is organised in such a way as to preserve the anonymity of each candidate. Each composition is examined by two markers.Each of the eligibility tests is marked from 0 t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Issue.

Article R5132-9

The persons authorised to fill prescriptions or orders containing medicinal products other than preparations covered by this section must transcribe them immediately, in ink, without blanks or overwri…

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