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Showing 701710 of 59417 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-1-1997 n° 9

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-96-1

During the investigation, in order to set up the technical device mentioned in article 706-96, the liberty and custody judge may authorise entry into a vehicle or private place, including outside the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-98-1

…232-23-6 and notified under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of article R. 232-97. The exchanges between the interested party and the French Anti-Doping Agency or the Sanction Com…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-95-1

To take account of geographical distance or professional or medical constraints, the chairman of the panel called upon to reach a decision may decide, with the agreement of the person subject to the d…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-91-1

The member of the Board or the agent appointed pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 232-11, who has access to all the documents in the file, will receive a copy of the interested party's writt…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct

Article L541-9-1

Financial investment advisers are treated in the same way as investment service providers other than portfolio management companies for the purposes of Article L. 533-12-7.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Expertise in the context of consultation on company social policy, working conditions and employment

Article L2315-91-1

The chartered accountant's mission covers all the economic, financial, social and environmental elements needed to understand the company's social policy, working conditions and employment.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4151-9-1

Second and third cycle maieutics students may be authorised to carry out part of their practical training with midwives approved as university training supervisors, under conditions laid down by decre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opticians.

Article L4362-9-1

The conditions for issuing corrective ocular contact lenses to a first-time wearer are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Effect on insurance contracts of the requisition of goods and services.

Article R*160-9

An insured who wishes to obtain from the insurer that the cancellation of the insurance contract, as provided for in article L. 160-6, be replaced by the simple suspension of the contract, must submit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-9

Information may be provided to employees by any means, specified by regulation, likely to make the date of its receipt by the employees certain. When information is provided by registered letter with…

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