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Showing 24812490 of 55440 articles for Art. Cass. com. 4-2-2004 n° 01-13.516

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal regime for declarations of activity

Article L6351-4

The registration of the declaration of activity is cancelled by decision of the administrative authority when it is established, following an inspection carried out pursuant to 1° of Article L. 6361-2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R17-4

The receipt given to the person under investigation in exchange for the documents referred to in 7° of Article 138 must mention the nature and references of the document withdrawn, the surname, forena…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Criminal provisions

Article L775-40

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reporting requirements for therapeutic education programmes

Article R1161-4

I. - The declaration of a patient therapeutic education programme, referred to in article L. 1161-2, is sent, by any means which provides a date certain of its receipt, to the director general of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Samples taken from a living person.

Article R1211-4

The cost of the donor's accommodation outside hospital is covered on the basis of the actual expenses incurred, on presentation of the necessary supporting documents and within the limit of a maximum…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Transparency in commercial relations.

Article D441-4

I.-The written report on the renegotiation carried out pursuant to the clause provided for in article L. 441-8 shall contain in particular: 1° Part 1 justifying the implementation of the clause and th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operational organisation of fire and rescue services (R)

Article R1424-46

When, under the conditions provided for in article L. 1424-2, the situation requires the implementation of medical and rescue resources, the fire and rescue services intervene, under the authority of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operational organisation of fire and rescue services (R)

Article R1424-43

Rescue operations command, exercised under the authority of the prefect or mayor acting within their respective police powers, is provided by a professional or volunteer firefighter, officer, non-comm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operational organisation of fire and rescue services (R)

Article R1424-42

The operational regulations referred to in article L. 1424-4 are drawn up by the prefect, following the opinion of the departmental territorial social committee, the administrative and technical commi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operational organisation of fire and rescue services (R)

Article R1424-44

Alert processing centres, known as CTAs, are the bodies responsible for receiving, processing and, if necessary, redirecting emergency calls from the departmental or territorial fire and rescue servic…

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