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Showing 761770 of 34202 articles for Art. Cass. 1e civ. avis 6-12-2018 n° 18-70.011

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article 723-12

The sentence enforcement judge may at any time appoint a doctor to verify that the implementation of the procedure mentioned in the first paragraph of article 723-8 does not pose a health risk to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-12

Where the employer asks the employee to modify the distribution of his working hours, even though the employment contract has not provided for the cases and nature of such modifications, the employee'…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Monitoring and administrative penalties

Article R1221-12

At the request of any of the enforcement officers referred to in article L. 8271-7, the employer : 1° Present the notice of receipt of the pre-employment declaration if they are still required to keep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Budgetary and accounting organisation

Article R1222-12

The Etablissement Français du Sang is subject to the provisions of titles I and III of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, with the exception of 1° a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Multiannual risk management programme

Article R1443-12

The Specialised Commission on Mental Health comprises a maximum of twenty-one members elected from the plenary assembly of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy referred to in Article D. 1432…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-18

In urgent cases, where a pharmacist's continued practice exposes patients to serious danger, the Director General of the regional health agency responsible for the pharmacist's place of practice shall…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Decisions of the guardianship judge

Article 1228

When applying article 442 or paragraph 5 of article 494-6 of the Civil Code, the judge shall rule after hearing or calling the protected person under the conditions provided for in articles 1220 to 12…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 5: Safeguard of justice.

Article 1248

The declaration for the purposes of legal protection provided for by Article L. 3211-6 of the Public Health Code is sent to the public prosecutor for the place of treatment. Where appropriate, the lat…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1204

The following shall be summoned to the hearing, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to which the application is attached, at least eight days before the date of the hearing: 1° The pe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Group governance system.

Article L356-18

I.-The participating and parent undertakings referred to in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 respectively shall set up a system of governance which guarantees sound and prudent mana…

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