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Showing 471480 of 49675 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 21-2-2007 n° 06-12.491

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-212

Dentists must not abandon their patients in the event of public danger, unless formally ordered to do so in writing by the competent authorities.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-219

When a dental surgeon sets up practice or changes his or her practice, he or she may publish advertisements in any medium, taking into account the recommendations issued by the Conseil national de l'o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 5: Operation of the adversarial expert appraisal.

Article R5127-21

If the presumption of an offence is based on the laboratory analysis, the public prosecutor will inform the alleged perpetrator of the fraud or falsification that he or she may obtain the laboratory r…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conduct of the competition

Article R2162-21

When a service contract is awarded to the winner or one of the winners of the competition, his remuneration takes account of the premium he received for taking part in the competition.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-21

All floors that are accessible barefoot and those of pool floors less than 1.50 metres deep are non-slip but not abrasive. To avoid water stagnation, the slopes of the decking should be between 3% and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits

Article L518-21

All costs and risks relating to the custody, safekeeping and movement of the deposited funds and financial securities are borne by the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. No custodian fees are payable…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information.

Article LO6431-21

At least twelve days before the meeting of the Territorial Council, the President shall send to the Territorial Councillors by any means a report, in whatever form, on each of the matters to be submit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés à capital variable d'investissement salarié (employee investment companies with variable capital)

Article D214-216

Notwithstanding article D. 214-32-10, the minimum initial capital of an employee-owned open-ended investment company is €225,000.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés à capital variable d'investissement salarié (employee investment companies with variable capital)

Article R214-215

The asset management of an employee-share ownership open-ended investment company defined in article L. 214-166 is governed by the provisions applicable to the funds mentioned in article L. 214-165.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Seaports (R).

Article R1614-21

This paragraph sets out the conditions under which local authorities and their groupings, pursuant to Article L. 1614-7, are obliged to continue compiling statistics relating to the exercise of the po…

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