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Showing 26012610 of 30018 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. – 6 July 2016 – no. 15-21.811

French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-26-6

…the director of the establishment establishes that the prohibition provided for in II of article L. 6152-5-1 has not been complied with, a summons is sent to the practitioner's practice address at lea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Search for an assignment.

Article R6152-50-6

…ee offers of employment that satisfy the conditions mentioned in the second paragraph of article R. 6152-50-5, the Director General of the National Management Centre may decide, after obtaining the op…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Mutual assistance for the purposes of hearings, surveillance or infiltration

Article 694-5

The provisions of Article 706-71 shall apply to the simultaneous execution, on the territory of the Republic and abroad, of requests for mutual assistance from foreign judicial authorities or acts of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Marine, river and lake insurance

Article L173-6

…shall mutually refrain from making any other estimate, subject to the provisions of Articles L. 172-6 and L. 172-26.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-1

…inistration likely to hold information relevant to the investigation, including, subject to Article 60-1-2, those from a computer system or processing of nominative data, to hand over this information…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L444-6

I. - The officers referred to in II of Article L. 450-1 investigate and record breaches of articles L. 444-4 and L. 444-5 under the conditions set out in articles L. 450-2 to L. 450-8. They may enjoin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-6

…h Polynesia and New Caledonia, are not applicable:1° The reference to paragraph 8 of Article L. 511-6 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 2° The last paragraph.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 64-1

Hearings of persons held in police custody for a crime, carried out on the premises of a police or gendarmerie service or unit carrying out a judicial police mission, shall be subject to audiovisual r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Establishments providing sailing instruction

Article A322-67

In each establishment, the operator shall appoint a qualified technical supervisor responsible for ensuring that instruction takes place in accordance with the conditions laid down in this sub-section…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-61

…y and, where applicable, their status as French residents, as well as the corresponding characters; 6° The definitive list of creative and production personnel specifying their employment, nationality…

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