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Showing 201210 of 32453 articles for Art. Cass. com. 13-5-1997 n° 1228 P

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Precautionary measures taken after the opening of an estate

Article 1323

When it appears that the consistency of the goods left on the premises after separation of the precious objects pursuant to the provisions of article 1313 does not justify the affixing of seals, the b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions applicable to authorisation and registration schemes

Article R1333-131

I. - Registration may be carried out or authorisation may be issued for a limited period depending on the nature of the nuclear activities carried out, the specific features of the establishment, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions applicable to authorisation and registration schemes

Article R1333-130

…y to lead to the disclosure of manufacturing secrets or to facilitate malicious acts likely to harm public health, safety and hygiene are sent under a separate, specially identified cover.II - In the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions applicable to authorisation and registration schemes

Article R1333-132

I.-Where a registration has been made or an authorisation issued for a limited period, it may be renewed at the request of the person responsible for the nuclear activity, submitted no later than six…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-13

I.-The persons authorised to access the "Gamete and Embryo Donation Register" for the purposes of consulting, recording and modifying data are: 1° Professionals from the health organisations or establ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 133

The person seized by virtue of an arrest warrant shall be brought before the examining magistrate or, failing that, the president of the court or the judge designated by the latter within twenty-four…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company college for safety, health and working conditions.

Article L4532-13

The inter-company safety, health and working conditions committee may define, in particular on a proposal from the coordinator, certain common rules designed to ensure compliance with the safety and h…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-13

Intermediary payment service providers shall ensure that all information received on the payer and payee which accompanies a transfer of funds is retained with that transfer.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Due diligence on the part of project owners and principals

Article R1263-13

The declaration to be made by the project owner or the instructing party, pursuant to the second paragraph of article L. 1262-4-1, when his co-contractor has not sent him the acknowledgement of receip…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-13

The number and nature of the non-coding DNA segments on which genetic fingerprint identification analyses are based are defined by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior iss…

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