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Showing 31713180 of 55438 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-2-2009 n° 08-10.723

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Time limits for acceptance

Article R2151-4

The time limit for receipt of tenders is extended in the following cases: 1° When additional information, necessary for the preparation of the tender and requested in good time by the economic operato…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral and burial regulations

Article R2213-45

The officials mentioned in article L. 2213-14 check by any means the identity of the deceased, attend the closing of the coffin and affix two wax seals to it, bearing the seal of the competent adminis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Declarations to be made by natural persons

Article R123-48

In the event of the transfer, within the jurisdiction of another court, of the principal or secondary establishment, or the change, to an address within the jurisdiction of another court, of the busin…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Points scale for works in the fiction genre

Article D331-46

For the "Creative Infrastructures" group, a maximum of 8 points are allocated as follows: 1° Alternatively : a) When at least 50% of the shooting takes place in France: 3 points; b) Or when between 30…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-4

The banques populaires are subject to the disclosure requirements set out in article L. 515-10.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R526-4

An optional standard model of descriptive statement is approved by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister for the Economy.The single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1 makes this stan…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic and social measures

Article L3231-4-1

…ax-exempt resources;3° In application of the departmental plan provided for in Article 2 of the loi n° 90-449 du 31 mai 1990 visant à la mise en oeuvre du droit au logement;4° Pour les opérations prév…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-43

The public prosecutor who registers the person in the file pursuant to 1° to 4° of article 706-25-4, or the examining magistrate pursuant to 5° of article 706-25-4, shall at the same time register the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-4

When one of the two medical certificates mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of article L. 3211-2-2 concludes that the person's condition no longer justifies the care measure, the director of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Advanced practice nursing

Article R4301-4

As part of the teamwork between the doctor(s) and the advanced practice nurse(s) in accordance with article R. 4301-1, an organisational protocol is drawn up. In the "psychiatry and mental health" fie…

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