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Showing 16111620 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2a: Physician or pharmacist assigned to a medical biology laboratory under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article R6213-7-2

…nied by a dossier, the composition of which shall be determined by order of the Minister for Health and the Minister for Defence. Failure by the Minister for Health to respond within four months of re…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Management of psychiatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-7

In addition to the members mentioned in articles D. 6124-17 to D. 6124-21, the staff of the emergency department of a health care establishment includes at least, depending on the case : 1° A nurse wi…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-2

…information relating to the identity as well as the address or successive addresses of the domicile and, where applicable, residences, of the persons who have been the subject of :1° A conviction, eve…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R442-7-2

…lications for guarantees are sent to the body referred to in article L. 432-2 , which examines them and submits them to the Commission des garanties et du crédit au commerce extérieur (Guarantees and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Reimbursement of expenses

Article D2123-22-7

…bruary of the year following its award, with a certificate stating the total amount of aid received and specifying that it is non-taxable. The annual declaration provided for in the article 87 du code…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coverage of apprenticeship contracts

Article D6332-78-2

…nce Compétences have not been taken into account by the latter, under the conditions mentioned in I and III of article D. 6332-78-1. This level of funding, which takes into account the recommendations…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-7

…of Article A. 822-28-3 are taken into account in the year of their legal deposit. For essays, books and publications of articles, the following two cumulative criteria are retained: 1° Content: The pu…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-7-2

The regional development plan sets out the fundamental guidelines for the development, protection and enhancement of the coastline. It takes the place, for the sectors that it determines, of a scheme…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 77-1-2

…ject to Article 60-1-2. With the authorisation of the juge des libertés et de la détention (liberty and custody judge) to whom the public prosecutor has referred the matter for this purpose, the polic…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 730-2-1

When the person has been sentenced to a custodial sentence for one or more offences mentioned in articles 421-1 to 421-6 of the Criminal Code, excluding those defined in articles 421-2-5 to 421-2-5-2…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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