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Showing 17211730 of 31968 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 8-6-2005 n° 02-47.689

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Commission de conciliation et d'indemnisation des accidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales.

Article R1142-8

The Chairman of the Commission, when he is not seconded to the Office, and, where applicable, his deputy or deputies, receive allowances in recognition of the particular duties to which they are subje…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial assistance

Article R5132-8

The financial assistance is paid to the integration enterprise for each full-time position occupied. Where appropriate, the amount of aid is reduced in proportion to the number of jobs filled. Its bas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R6145-82

A university hospital centre which creates a subsidiary, takes control of a company within the meaning of article L. 233-3 of the Commercial Code or participates, directly or indirectly within the mea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article A123-80-3

The card allowing the exercise of an itinerant commercial or craft activity, provided for in article L. 123-29, is signed by the president of the consular chamber or his representative. It includes th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Standards and control

Article L4022-8

I.- On a proposal from the Haute Autorité de santé and after obtaining the opinion of the Conseil national de la certification périodique, the Minister for Health shall determine the method for drawin…

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

Article D2352-8

In order to allocate the seats of the special negotiating body between the colleges in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 2352-5, the workforce to be taken into accoun…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Delegated driving vehicle

Article L224-68-1

Prior to the conclusion of a contract of sale or hire of a vehicle with driver delegation as defined by the Highway Code, the trader shall provide the consumer with information relating to the conditi…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-17-6

Without prejudice to Article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Articles L. 621-17-3 and L. 621-20-1 of this Code and the exercise of its powers by the Autorité des marchés financiers, the latter,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 L

I. - Mortgage formalities for which a proportional real estate security contribution is levied shall give rise to the collection of a contribution reduced by half, subject to the provisions of Article…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 832-1

If maintenance in undivided ownership has not been ordered and in the absence of preferential attribution in ownership under the conditions provided for in article 831 or article 832, the surviving sp…

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