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Showing 15511560 of 18997 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 27 Sept. 2005 – no. 03-18.579

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R5132-43

Subject to the provisions of article R. 5132-27, the provisions of this section apply to poisonous substances and preparations which are neither medicinal products mentioned in section 1 nor cosmetic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-2

The organisations mentioned in 1° of Article L. 135-1 may only use the works mentioned in that same article as part of their cultural, educational and research missions and on condition that they do n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organs, tissues, cells and products.

Article L1272-2

As stated in Article 511-3 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below:"The act of removing an organ from a living adult, including for therapeutic purposes, without the consent of the person concerned hav…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties.

Article D313-26

…r finance company authorised in France under: 1° Article 1799-1 of the Civil Code, Article 1 of Law no. 71-584 of 16 July 1971, as amended, designed to regulate the retention of guarantees in respect…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the local finance committee

Article L2573-51

…the intercommunal equalisation fund under the conditions provided for by Article 52 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 du 27 février 2004 portant statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française.

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

Article L911-2

The exemptions provided for in articles L. 123-25 to L. 123-27 are applicable to natural persons subject to a simplified tax regime under the regulations in force in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Formation of the jury

Article 264

A special list of alternate jurors shall also be drawn up each year by the commission, under the conditions provided for in Article 263, outside the annual list of jurors. Alternate jurors must reside…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French authorities of a European protection order

Article 696-99

Within seven working days of receiving the European protection order or the additional information requested pursuant to Article 696-98, the public prosecutor shall submit the request for recognition…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health-related children's homes.

Article L2321-2

Medical children's homes are permanent or temporary establishments designed to receive, on medical certificate, children or adolescents aged between three and seventeen, with a view to providing them…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure with negotiation

Article R2361-8

The minimum time limit for receipt of applications shall be thirty-seven days from the date on which the contract notice was sent or thirty days where the notice was sent electronically.Where a situat…

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