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Showing 911920 of 56879 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 10-1-2018 n° 16-25.190 F-PB

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Regulations attached to agreements.

Article R6142-16

A set of rules, appended to the agreement, sets out : 1° The conditions of residence and movement, on the one hand, on the grounds and in the hospital buildings or departments, of students and staff f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-16

The head of the medical biology laboratory holding the authorisation is required to declare without delay to the Minister responsible for health any change relating to the legal rules and technical op…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director.

Article D6431-16

The Director of the Agency, appointed by order of the Ministers for Overseas France and Health, is a civil servant or hospital practitioner governed by Section 1 of Chapter II of Title V of Book I of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1607 bis

A special equipment tax is instituted for the benefit of the public land establishments mentioned in Article L. 324-1 of the town planning code or the Corsican land office, a public establishment of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16

The acts of terrorism incriminated by Articles 421-1 to 421-6 of the Penal Code, as well as related offences, shall be prosecuted, investigated and judged according to the rules of this Code subject t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting nosocomial infections and collecting information about them

Article R6111-16

Any healthcare professional who, in the course of his duties within a health care establishment, observes one or more cases of nosocomial infections, informs, on the one hand, the practitioner respons…

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

Article 1077

Property received by way of early partition by a presumptive reserved heir is deducted from his share of the reserve, unless it was expressly given out of share.

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

Article 1076

A gift-sharing arrangement may only concern present assets. The gift and the sharing may be made by separate deeds provided that the disposing party intervenes in both deeds.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L114-16

I.-As an exception to law no. 83-634 of 13th July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, law no. 84-16 of 11th January 1984 on the statutory provisions relating to the State civil servi…

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