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Showing 11211130 of 35480 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 5-7-1995 n° 1533

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Deaths of hospitalised patients and measures relating to children who may be declared lifeless at the civil registry office in health establishments.

Article R1112-72

The declaration of a stillborn child is drawn up under the conditions set out in article 79-1 of the French Civil Code. This declaration is recorded in the institution's death register.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article R612-52

When the Commission decides to impose a penalty payment in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 612-39 to L. 612-42, it does so in the same decision. The daily amount may not exceed fifteen t…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Guardianship arrangements

Article A712-7

For the operations mentioned in 2° and 3° of article R. 712-7, the threshold below which the approval of the supervisory authority is not required is set at 5% of the operating income entered in the l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-7

The following may apply for vacant hospital practitioner posts:1° Hospital practitioners who are candidates for transfer and who have completed at least three years' effective service in the same esta…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3441-7

…rseas departments may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 précitée, pour la mise en œuvre des actions engagées dans le cadre des co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-7

I. - For the persons mentioned in 1° to 6° and 7° bis of Article L. 561-2, the obligations laid down in I and III of Article L. 561-5 and in Article L. 561-5-1 may be implemented by a third party in e…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compensation for loss resulting from non-performance of the contract

Article 1231-5

Where the contract stipulates that the party who fails to perform it shall pay a certain sum by way of damages, no greater or lesser sum may be awarded to the other party.However, the judge may, even…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

Article R49-7

The amount of the increased fixed fine is set as follows:1° 7 euros for contraventions of the provisions of the Highway Code committed by pedestrians;2° 33 euros for other contraventions of the first…

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

Article 74-2

Officers of the judicial police, assisted where necessary by agents of the judicial police, may, on the instructions of the public prosecutor, carry out the acts provided for in the Articles 56 to 62…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Overseas departments, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article D6152-71-1

I.-A special practice allowance is awarded to full-time hospital practitioners, including during their probationary period, assigned to a public health establishment in the Department of Mayotte, who…

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