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Showing 11311140 of 56586 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12-1-1967 n° 65-10.196

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Role of the radiation protection advisor

Article R4451-123

The radiation protection advisor: 1° Advises on : a) The design, modification or fitting out of workplaces and safety devices intended to prevent the risks associated with ionising radiation; b) The p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L946-12

In Article L. 621-84, the obligation on the court to take account of the provisions contained in 1°, 2°, 3° and 4° of Article L. 331-7 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code means the following requir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cancer centres.

Article L6162-12

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency will ask a cancer centre to submit a recovery plan, within a period of between one and three months set by the Director General, in one of the follow…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article L5211-12

…than one and a half times the amount of the parliamentary allowance as defined in Article 1 of the n° 58-1210 du 13 décembre 1958 portant loi organique relative à l'indemnité des membres du Parlement…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article D2372-12

When an additional seat is allocated to a participating company in application of article L. 2372-3 insofar as it refers to article L. 2352-4, this seat is allocated: 1° If there is a social and econo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-12

Any patent application shall be rejected, in whole or in part: 1° Which does not satisfy the conditions referred to in Article L. 612-1 ; 2° Which has not been divided in accordance with Article L. 61…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-12

The duties of director are performed free of charge. However, they entitle the holder to reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with Decree no. 2006-781 of 3 July 2006 laying d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Other provisions

Article L214-12

Without prejudice to the provisions of Title III of Book II of the French Commercial Code, the conditions of liquidation and the methods of asset distribution are determined by the UCITS rules or arti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election of employee representatives

Article D112-12

Staff representatives are elected on the basis of proportional representation, with the remainder being distributed on the basis of the highest average, and without a mixture of candidates.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single subsection: Audit of production accounts

Article D213-12

The line producer has three months from receipt of the draft audit report provided for in article L. 213-27 to submit its written observations to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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