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Showing 17711780 of 57098 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 23-1-2013 n° 11-20.313

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article R621-11

In addition to the powers conferred on him by the application of the first paragraphs of Articles 16 and 18 of the above-mentioned Act of 20 January 2017 , the Chairman shall exercise the powers of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-11

The State services, public establishments and bodies entrusted with a public service mission, mentioned in article R. 1461-12, are authorised to process personal data from the national health data sys…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimated revenue and expenditure and accounts

Article D6162-11

For their application to cancer centres, articles D. 6143-39, R. 6145-6, R. 6145-10, R. 6145-29, D. 6145-32, D. 6145-34, R. 6145-40, R. 6145-65 and R. 6145-69 are adapted as follows: 1° In article D.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunctions to economic operators

Article R4314-11

In the absence of appropriate measures taken by the economic operator concerned after the notification provided for in Article R. 4314-10, the market surveillance authority may order him to take the f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical care committee

Article R6146-11

I. - The nursing, re-education and medico-technical care committee is chaired by the general coordinator of nursing, re-education and medico-technical care. It is made up of elected representatives fr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IIa: Annual tax on office premises, commercial premises, storage premises and parking areas levied in the Ile-de-France region

Article 231 ter

…ated in a zone franche urbaine-territoire entrepreneur, as defined in B du 3 de l'article 42 of law n° 95-115 of 4 February 1995 d'orientation pour l'aménagement et le développement du territoire;2° P…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Transfer of powers.

Article L5215-23

Urban communities existing on the date of publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale ayant élargi ou non leurs…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Renewal and transfer of approval

Article D1-12-11

The approval granted to an association may be transferred in the following cases: 1° In the event of a merger of one or more associations, at least one of which is approved as a victim support associa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Public transport of regional interest

Article R1614-113

Without prejudice to the provisions of the eighth and ninth paragraphs of Article L. 1614-8-1, the compensation paid each year by the State is revised when a reorganisation of regional passenger servi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Leave

Article R6153-1-11

Junior doctors are entitled to maternity leave, birth leave, leave for the arrival of a child placed with a view to adoption, adoption leave or paternity and childcare leave for the periods and accord…

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