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Showing 39513960 of 49594 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-3-1998 n° 96-16.671

French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-36

A medical committee, attached to each prefect, is responsible for giving an opinion on the physical and mental fitness of practitioners governed by these regulations to carry out their duties, as well…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-4

I. - When the mergers or demergers referred to in article L. 236-1 of the French Commercial Code involve transfers of contract portfolios carried out under the conditions provided for in article L. 38…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R114-4

The Board of Directors of the centres is made up of twenty members, with the exception of centres whose importance or specific nature, particularly with regard to the number of sites or their field of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Preparation and implementation (R)

Article R1614-42

The appropriations for the special assistance mentioned in article R. 1614-41 are delegated to the regional prefects in mainland France and to the prefect of Corsica. They are divided between them as…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Asset management

Article L3213-4

The departmental council decides on the establishment and maintenance of ferries, water crossings and engineering structures on departmental roads; it sets toll rates within the limits provided for in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Local authority cultural services

Article D1421-4

In application of the provisions of article L. 1421-4, the rules relating to the libraries of local authorities or their groupings are laid down by the provisions of articles R. 310-1 to R. 314-1 of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Disciplinary powers

Article R612-48

I. - The rapporteur shall present his report at the meeting. The Director General of the Treasury and, where applicable, the Director of Social Security or their representatives may submit observation…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and remedies

Article L261-4

In the event of non-compliance by the beneficiary of the operation with the obligations imposed on it by the Commission de protection de l'accès aux œuvres (Commission for the Protection of Access to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-32

…it results from these derogations under the conditions laid down, as the case may be, by the décret n° 2000-815 du 25 août 2000 or the décret n° 2001-623 du 12 juillet 2001 or the décret n° 2002-9 du…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-39

The period of notice for termination by a consumer of an electronic communications services contract may not exceed ten days from receipt by the supplier of the request for termination. The consumer m…

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