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Showing 10911100 of 56901 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17-1-2012 n° 10-27.185

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Multidisciplinary teams

Article R4626-17

In order to ensure the implementation of the medical, technical and organisational skills required to prevent occupational risks and improve working conditions, the establishment provides the autonomo…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional liability

Article L211-17

I.-The traveller is entitled to an appropriate price reduction for any period of non-conformity of the services provided under a contract, unless the organiser or retailer proves that the non-conformi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-17

I. - The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) decides on the application…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-175

Pharmaceutical establishments, including those managed by public health establishments mentioned in articles R. 5124-68 to R. 5124-73 for their production, hospital preparation and magistral preparati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exemption applicable to establishments comprising a basic nuclear installation.

Article R4523-17

Establishments comprising a basic nuclear installation which are not subject to the provisions relating to the extended health, safety and working conditions committee, pursuant to Article L. 4523-12,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-17

The procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter, with the exception of those laid down in Article L. 6142-16 , are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular : 1° The con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article R15-17

The status of judicial police officer is granted by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior to peacekeepers who, pursuant to the article 20 (4° and 5°), have passed a t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedures for mobilising trade receivables.

Article R313-17-1

When the claim is assigned or pledged under a partnership contract or a contract mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 6148-5 of the Public Health Code, the notification is made to the assign…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-17

Any person who is subject to a suspension by virtue of a decision pronounced by an anti-doping organisation signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code or by the competent body hearing an appeal against s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1078

Notwithstanding the rules applicable to inter vivos gifts, the property given will, unless otherwise agreed, be valued on the day of the shared gift for the purposes of imputation and calculation of t…

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