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Showing 16211630 of 44723 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 8-3-1988 n° 86-11.144

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-8

Concealment of domicile or residence in subsequent civil proceedings, authorised pursuant to 6° of article 515-11 of the Civil Code, is subject to the conditions and procedures laid down by l'article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-8

Advertising to the public for a medicinal product mentioned in article L. 5122-6 as well as advertising campaigns to the public for vaccinations are subject to prior authorisation from the Agence nati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Rules common to all types of practice.

Article R4127-84

The regular practice of medicine, in any form whatsoever, within a State administration, a local authority or a public establishment must be the subject of a written contract, except in cases where th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to sub-contracts

Article L2393-8

The purchaser may not accept an economic operator proposed by the candidate, tenderer or holder as a subcontractor if it is placed in a case of exclusion mentioned in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Contracts involving instalments

Article R2391-8

In the case of a contract with instalments, an advance is paid to the contractor for each instalment completed under the conditions set out in sub-section 1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-83

Persons holding the authorisation provided for in article R. 5132-74 are required to draw up an annual statement indicating for each narcotic drug: 1° The quantities received ; 2° The quantities used…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Revitalisation of employment areas.

Article L1233-87

When a mass redundancy carried out by a company with at least fifty employees which is not subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave affects, by its scale, the balance of the employment ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-8

The Board of Directors meets at least three times a year when convened by its Chairman. The meeting is convened by right within thirty days of a request made by the Minister for Health, by the Chief E…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article L2143-8

The Agence de la biomédecine is required to communicate the data referred to in Article L. 2143-3 to the Commission, at the latter's request, in order to carry out its duties referred to in Article L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-8

All offences punishable under articles L. 163-2, L. 163-3 as regards the provisions relating to cheques and L. 163-7 are considered, for the purposes of the provisions relating to repeat offences, to…

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