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Showing 101110 of 58479 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7-1-1987 n° 85-14.930

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies contributing to employment policy

Article R5522-85

For the application of article R. 5112-17 in Mayotte, the words: "the Departmental Director of Health and Social Affairs" are replaced by the words: "the Director of Immigration, Integration and Citiz…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Representation of professional platform organisations

Article R7343-85

A platform organisation that wishes to establish its representativeness pursuant to Article L. 7343-23 in several sectors shall file a declaration of candidacy for each of the sectors in which it is a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation for creation or transfer

Article R5126-85

The application for authorisation to create or transfer a pharmacy for internal use of the Paris fire brigade or the Marseilles marine fire brigade, as provided for in article L. 5126-4, is sent by th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Terms and conditions of self-employed practice.

Article R4322-85

A chiropodist who temporarily ceases to practise may only be replaced by a practitioner registered with the Association. The president of the regional or inter-regional council of the Order must be in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the first fraction (R).

Article R1614-85

The regional prefect decides, from among the applications sent to him under the conditions provided for in article R. 1614-84, the list of operations to be supported and the amount of credits to be al…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds relating to ownership and transfer of ownership

Article A444-85

The specifications (numbers 44 to 46 in Table 5) give rise to the following fees: Service number the service (table 5 of article appendix 4-7) Designation of service Fee 44 Drawing up specifications w…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons holding the required diplomas, professional qualifications or qualification certificates

Article R212-85

Any person wishing to engage in one of the activities mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article L. 212-1 must make a prior declaration to the prefect of the département in which they intend to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hospital prescription medicines

Article R5121-85

Classification in the category of medicinal products subject to hospital prescription means that the medicinal product may only be prescribed :1° To a doctor, dental surgeon or midwife who meets the c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Judging of contraventions

Article 850-2

For the application in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands of article 529-7, the words: "For second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-class road traffic offences, the list of w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private practice.

Article R4127-85

The usual place of practice of a doctor is that of the professional residence in respect of which he is registered on the roll of the Departmental Council, in accordance with article L. 4112-1. A doct…

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