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Showing 40714080 of 64807 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 1-2-2012 n° 10-22.863

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article D4422-28-1

Articles D. 4134-28 to D. 4134-33 are applicable to members of the Corsican economic, social, environmental and cultural council.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-25-1

A national technical committee, whose members are appointed by order of the supervisory minister, is responsible for monitoring the electronic voting process.In the event of a malfunction in the elect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12-2

I.-The territorial professional health community referred to in article L. 1434-12 may be required, under an agreement signed with the regional health agency and the local primary health insurance fun…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-19-2

When the cessation of activity of an undertaking with at least one hundred and fifty employees or constituting, within the meaning of article L. 2331-1 of the French Labour Code, a dominant undertakin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health record and compulsory examinations.

Article L2132-2-1

In the year following their third, sixth, ninth, twelfth and fifteenth birthdays, children must undergo a preventive oral health check-up by a dental surgeon or a doctor qualified in stomatology. This…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Services for self-employed workers

Article D4622-27-1

Each inter-company occupational health and prevention service offers the self-employed workers mentioned in article L. 4621-3 a specific range of services in terms of occupational risk prevention, ind…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: APPEALS TO THE NATIONAL COURT ON ASYLUM RIGHTS

Article R532-28-1

When submitted by a lawyer or an advocate at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation, the appeal may be sent to the court electronically by means of the dedicated computer application accessible…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-29

Where the second paragraph of Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-15-2

Where an institution mentioned in Article L. 370-1 of the Insurance Code and offering the operations mentioned in Articles L. 3334-1 to L. 3334-9 and L. 3334-11 to L. 3334-16 of the Labour Code has br…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-14-2

On the occasion of the sale of veterinary medicinal products containing one or more antibiotic substances, discounts, rebates, the differentiation of general and special conditions of sale within the…

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