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Showing 31913200 of 37028 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 May 1970

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-4

…5121-1, in Article L. 5121-3, and points a and d of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on advanced therapy medi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-15

…of Article 706-53-5, the supporting document referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 53-8-13 is delivered in person by the person concerned either to the police station or gendarmerie unit w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Effects of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-48

…n representing the platforms are subject to the conditions set out in articles L. 2262-9 to L. 2262-13. Any action for nullity of all or part of a sector agreement must, on pain of inadmissibility, be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity grant for the equipment of local authorities and their groupings affected by climatic or geological events

Article R1613-14

…unt of subsidies for each repair operation according to the maximum rates mentioned in article R. 1613-9. If the sum of grants that may be awarded to local authorities or groupings exceeds the total a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-15-1

When a multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centre authorised in application of Article R. 2131-13 is found to be in breach of the provisions of this chapter, the Director General of the Agence de la…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conduct of the treatment order.

Article R3711-21

…ce with the treatment order. If the person has been convicted of a crime mentioned inarticle 706-53-13 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, this report is sent at least twice a year. This report provide…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-21

…roceed with the execution of the freezing order, under the conditions provided for in article 695-9-13.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-9

For projects requiring planning permission, the application accompanied by the file must be submitted in accordance with the provisions of articles

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-4

…231-13; 2° The distribution index for art house cinematographic work…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and terms of the contract

Article D6114-3

…uation indicators designed to improve medical control of expenditure and professional practices. It may provide for accompanying measures aimed at improving management performance, as well as incentiv…

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