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Showing 23812390 of 41626 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 3-3-2009 n° 08-11.278

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Assessment of clinical data

Article R5211-36

The evaluation of the clinical data referred to in Article L. 5211-3-2, hereinafter referred to as the "clinical evaluation", must, taking into account any relevant harmonised standards, follow a proc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Abolition of replacement income.

Article R5426-3

I.-The Director referred to in article R. 5312-26 shall withdraw the replacement income referred to in article L. 5421-1 for a limited period or definitively in accordance with the following procedure…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-4

In the cases specified in 1°, 2°, 4° and 5° of the previous article, the judge may instruct either a qualified person or an open observation, education or re-education service to provide help and advi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article R742-3

…ma requirement provided for in 6° of Article R. 742-1 : 1° Former judges governed by the ordonnance n° 58-1270 du 22 décembre 1958 portant loi organique relative au statut de la magistrature ; 2° Form…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-3

…s and clauses of treaties or specifications which, prior to the date of entry into force of the loi n° 88-13 du 5 janvier 1988 d'amélioration de la décentralisation, have provided for the assumption o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L912-3

…"as well as by the employees of a société coopérative de production within the meaning of the loi n° 78-763 du 19 juillet 1978 portant statut de sociétés coopératives de production" are deleted.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-3

I.-The information referred to in I and II of Article L. 228-2 and in Article L. 228-3 is, for each security owner, as follows: 1° Those listed in items 1 (a) to 11 of Table 2 of the Annex to Commissi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: CARE AND RECOVERY PROCEDURES

Article L572-3

The procedure for transfer to the State responsible for examining the asylum application may not be initiated in the case of systemic failures in the State in question referred to in Article 3(2) of R…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French judicial authorities of a European Investigation Order issued by another Member State

Article 694-30

The European investigation decision intended for the French authorities shall be sent, according to the distinctions provided for in the second and third paragraphs, to the public prosecutor or the in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Subsidies

Article 411-33

Selective financial aid is awarded to production companies or, if they have not signed an audiovisual production contract with a production company, to writer-directors, in the form of a grant, for re…

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