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Showing 101110 of 34663 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 4-4-1991 n° 89-17.151

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5141-89

The purpose of veterinary pharmacovigilance is to monitor the effects of veterinary medicinal products, mainly their adverse effects on animals and humans, and the scientific evaluation of information…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-89

I. - To assess the 60% and 51% quotas mentioned in 1° of article L. 214-37 , the denominator takes into account :1° The assets mentioned in 1°, 4° and 6° to 9° of I of article L. 214-36 held directly…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to settle in France

Article R212-89

After acknowledgement of receipt of the declaration under the conditions set out in article R. 212-88 by the Prefect or the Minister responsible for sports, the Prefect will issue a sports educator's…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-89

I.- By way of derogation from the provisions of article R. 5132-88, the following shall take the place of authorisation for professional use only:1° The authorisation issued in application of articles…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-89

When article L. 2171-1, the second paragraph of article L. 4221-5 and articles L. 4231-4 and L. 4231-5 of the Defence Code are not applied, the salaried reservist is entitled to an annual leave of abs…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the second fraction (R).

Article R1614-89

Investments for the purpose of building, renovating, restructuring, extending, or making accessible as provided for in articles L. 111-7 to L. 111-7-4 of the Construction and Enabling Code for the ben…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Orders on request.

Article 898-1

In the cases provided for by law or regulation, the president of the joint tribunal shall rule in accordance with the accelerated procedure on the merits.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-89

Failure to comply with the time limits set out in articles D. 49-84 and D. 49-85 does not constitute grounds for invalidating summonses or the formalities for installing the electronic surveillance de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of judicial supervision decisions

Article 696-89

When the liberty and custody judge is informed that the person concerned has established his lawful and habitual residence in another State, he shall inform the competent authorities of the issuing St…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 311-89

For final authorisation, the application must be submitted no later than four months after completion of the work. This deadline is extended to six months when the final cost of the work must be certi…

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