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Showing 481490 of 21769 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 19 June 2019 – no. 18-11.727

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National medical biology commission

Article R6213-19

When the Commission is sitting to examine the requests mentioned in 3° of Article L. 6213-2 and in Article L. 6213-2-1, it meets in a restricted formation chaired by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Article L1237-18

…the collective termination of employment concluded under the conditions set out in articles L. 1237-19 to L. 1237-19-8, or in companies that have concluded a collective agreement on job and skills man…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds.

Article R214-192

…entioned in 1° and 2° of I of article L. 214-24-55 or in instruments mentioned in article R. 214-32-19 of the same issuer. The 40% limit defined in II of article R. 214-32-29 does not apply;3° Up to 5…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
17° : Tax credit granted for sums paid for the employment of an employee in the home, to an approved association or to an approved body with the same purpose

Article 199 sexdecies

…iale et des familles.The services defined in 2°, 4° and 5° of I and in 8° to 10°, 15°, 16°, 18° and 19° of II of article D. 7231-1 of the Labour Code, in the version in force on 1 January 2021, are co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Action on the working environment.

Article R4626-19

…l to the medical council. He draws up a report under the conditions specified inarticle 9 of decree no. 88-386 of 19 April 1988, as amended, relating to the conditions of physical fitness and sick lea…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-19

…4° Automated processing used by natural or legal persons approved under the aforementioned Decree No. 97-109 of 6 February 1997 who have carried out analyses under the conditions provided for in Art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-19

The writ of execution referred to in the last paragraph of article 495-18 is enforced in accordance with the rules laid down in this code for the enforcement of correctional judgements. The statute of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Assignment of the debtor's assets.

Article L642-19-1

…peal against the decisions of the official receiver taken pursuant to articles L. 642-18 and L. 642-19 are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Manual money changers

Article L775-18

…ght-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 524-1 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 524-2 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 524-3 Order no. 2013-544 o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Tasks and procedures for designating reference medical biology laboratories

Article D6211-18

…l biology tests or for specific pathologies, within the meaning of paragraph III of Article L. 6211-19, is a medical biology laboratory which, designated under the conditions defined in Article D. 621…

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