2009.07.10 Opening of the French market to on-line betting and gaming
A bill relating to “the opening and the regulation of the on-line betting and gaming sector”, was presented to the French National Assembly on 25th March 2009. If it is adopted the law will come into effect on 1st January 2010.
2006.12.14 Inexcusable fault and closure of works: direct
action by the national insurance organisation against the insurer
In a judgement dated 12th December 2002 (No. 00-22879) on a major
asbestos case, the employment division of the Supreme Court ruled as
follows:
“Industrial injury contributions are set for each works, such
that in the event of closure of the works where the occupational
disease was contracted due to the employer’s inexcusable
fault, no additional contribution can be levied and the national
insurance fund’s costs must be charged to the special account
provided for by Article D 242-6-3 of the National Insurance
Code”.
2006.04.03 “Anti-Perruche” provisions of
the 2002 Patient Rights Act called into question
In the four rulings dated 24th January and 21st February 2006, the
Supreme Court has now gone against the provisions of the act and seems
to have gone along with the case law of the European Court of Human
Rights (Draon v France and Maurice v France, rulings dated 6th October
2005). The Council of State has gone back on its opinion on the Draon
case, issued on 6th December 2002, and accepted the ECHR case law.
The long awaited reform of the Law of 4 July 1978 known as the Loi
Spinetta came with Order No 2005-658 of 8 June 2005 published in the
Official Journal on 9 June 2005.
Employment, housing and equal opportunities are the 3 major axes of the
law on planning for social cohesion, known as the 'Loi Borloo'
(hereafter: the Law), which entered into force on 18 January. It is
notable both for how ambitious it is, in proportion to the budget
invested (around 15 billion euros over 5 years) and for its will for
reform.
