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Showing 25112520 of 18775 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Feb. 2008 – no. 06-20.272

French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R1244-5

…results of the health screening tests mentioned in 2° of article R. 1211-25 and in article R. 1211-26 ; 4° In the case of a sperm donation, the date of donation, the number of straws kept, the date m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Scientific Council and expert committees

Article R1313-25

…g rules and appointments of members of the specialised scientific committees provided for by Decree no. 98-695 of 30 July 1998, amended by Decree no. 99-242 of 26 March 1999, relating to the special s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article A34

…of the departments or to one of the categories of departments defined in articles R. 15-18 to R. 15-26-1 and listed below:1° Services whose territorial jurisdiction covers the entire national territor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-8-1

…om this Title and from Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 if it is class 1a, or from Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-79

…one member and one alternate; b) From 16 to 25 employees: two members and two alternates; c) From 26 to 49 employees: three members and three alternates; d) From 50 to 64 employees: four members and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-2

…wo staff representatives, appointed under the conditions laid down in Chapter II of Title II of Act no. 83-675 of 26 July 1983 on the democratisation of the public sector.The members mentioned in 1° m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Temporary non-medical accommodation for pregnant women

Article R6111-62

…are covered under: 1° Article L. 160-1 of the Social Security Code; 2° II ofArticle 19 of Ordinance no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, sickness, maternity, i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Appearance of the accused

Article 412

If the summons has not been delivered to the person of the accused, and if it has not been established that he was aware of the summons, the decision, in the event of the accused's failure to appear,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-8

Any new application for approval is made under the same conditions and according to the same procedure as that used to grant the initial approval: - in the case of a permanent modification to the encl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Establishment and powers.

Article L721-7

The president of the commercial court may hear, concurrently with the enforcement judge, where they are intended to preserve a claim falling within the jurisdiction of the commercial court and are req…

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