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Showing 27712780 of 49594 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-3-1998 n° 96-16.671

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Banking Inclusion Observatory, funds repayable from the public and dormant accounts

Article R752-4

…312-9 and R. 312-10no. 2020-1565 of 10 December 2020R. 312-11No. 2014-737 of 30 June 2014R. 312-12n° 2020-1565 of 10 December 2020R. 312-13 to R. 312-17n° 2014-737 of 30 June 2014R. 312-18, with the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Support for collective operations

Article 634-4

Aid for collective operations is awarded and the amount determined on the basis of the following criteria: 1° The operation's ability to contribute to a mission of general interest for the technical s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4251-4

The following are laid down by order of the Minister for Health: 1° The composition of the file submitted in support of the application for authorisation; 2° The composition of the panel for the aptit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4391-4

The following are laid down by order of the Minister for Health:1° The composition of the file submitted in support of the application for authorisation ;2° The composition of the aptitude test panel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4392-4

The following are laid down by order of the Minister for Health:1° The composition of the file submitted in support of the application for authorisation ;2° The composition of the aptitude test panel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4393-4

The following are laid down by order of the Minister for Health:1° The composition of the file submitted in support of the application for authorisation ;2° The composition of the aptitude test panel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4371-4

The following are laid down by order of the Minister for Health:1° The composition of the file submitted in support of the application for authorisation ;2° The composition of the aptitude test panel…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Judgement

Article R1454-19-4

The closing order may only be revoked by the court, of its own motion or at the request of the parties and after the opening of the hearings, if a serious cause has arisen since the order was made; th…

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

Article D331-43

For the "Dramatic content" group, a maximum of 18 points are allocated as follows: 1° The "Locations" sub-group is awarded a maximum of 7 points, distributed as follows: a) Alternatively:when a relati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-43-2

The persons mentioned in 1° of Article R. 40-43, data and information obtained during the capture, fixation, transmission or recording of speech carried out on the basis of articles 706-96 to 706-98.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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