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Showing 491500 of 38470 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 20 May 2014 – no. 13-16.398

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article D6124-201

…l Health Agency and for the days and times set out in Article R. 6315-1, recourse to medical advice may be organised in cooperation with the outpatient emergency care system under an agreement that se…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Emergency care teaching centres and emergency first aid training

Article D6311-20

…titioner. In the latter case, the practitioner must hold a university teaching diploma. This doctor may be either the doctor in charge of the emergency medical service, or a hospital practitioner spec…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-20

…the second paragraph of article L. 222-5 or articles L. 222-9 to L. 222-17. The amount of the fine may be increased beyond €30,000 to double the sums wrongly received in breach of 1° and 2° of this a…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
34°: Tax credit for forestry investments

Article 200 quindecies

…ct of the forestry operations mentioned in II of this article that they carry out until 31 December 2027. II.-The tax credit applies to II.-The tax credit applies to: 1° To the purchase price of land…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 4: National guide-interpreter diploma.

Article D221-20

…eading to this qualification is set at one academic year, subject to any timetable adjustments that may be granted to students enrolled in continuing vocational training.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-208

…grant options to purchase their shares under the conditions set out in articles L. 225-177 et seq. may, for this purpose, buy back their own shares. The shares must be allocated or the options grante…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-20

The abstract shall be drawn up exclusively for the purposes of technical information. It may not be taken into consideration for any other purpose, in particular to assess the scope of the protection…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose.

Article L5134-20

…the performance of these contracts, one or more agreements concluded pursuant to Article L. 5135-4 may provide for a period of work experience with another employer under the conditions set out in Ch…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-20

…doctor, dental surgeon or midwife has been convicted by a criminal court, the disciplinary chamber may, if appropriate, impose one of the penalties provided for in article L. 4441-10 on him, under th…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election of employee representatives

Article D112-20

The president of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée organises the counting of votes. The polling stations are chaired by the Chairman of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Ani…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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