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Showing 321330 of 33178 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24-5-2016 n° 15-17.788

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-24

Evaluation indicators relating to healthcare activities or heavy equipment are defined by order of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency or, where there is an inter-regional health plan,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to national-interest markets installed on public property.

Article R761-24

The holder of an exclusive occupation permit may, when he has been operating on the market for at least three years, present to the manager a successor who will be subrogated to his rights and obligat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibition of certain customer-seeking procedures and prohibition of certain agreements or arrangements.

Article R4235-24

In addition to those required by commercial or industrial legislation, the only information that pharmacists may include on their letterheads and business papers is : 1° Information which facilitates…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The decision on the admissibility of the application and the examination of the conditions of detention

Article R249-24

To verify whether or not the conditions of detention violate the applicant's dignity, the judge may: 1° Visit the place of detention; 2° Order an expert report entrusted to an expert registered on the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Applications from trade unions and associations

Article R7343-24

Any declaration of candidacy by an organisation must be accompanied by the following documents: 1° A declaration on honour by the representative of this organisation certifying that his candidacy meet…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Forfeiture rules

Article L518-24

Subject to III of articles L. 312-20 of this Code, L. 132-27-2 of the Insurance Code and L. 223-25-4 of the Mutual Code, sums deposited in any capacity whatsoever with the Caisse des Dépôts et Consign…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Remedies and limitation periods

Article L232-24-2

The acts taken in application of 16° of I of article L. 232-5 may be appealed against by the parties referred to in article L. 232-24 before the Court of Arbitration for Sport alone as part of the app…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Remedies and limitation periods

Article L232-24-1

Disciplinary proceedings shall lapse ten years after the date of the breach of the provisions of this chapter. This period shall be interrupted by any act of investigation or prosecution.During this p…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 3: Seizure in the hands of a third party

Article R221-24

If the third party is present at the seizure operations, the bailiff shall verbally remind him of the content of the mentions in 3°, 5° and 6° of article…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions applicable to hunting accidents.

Article R421-24

Where an insurance policy has been taken out to cover the financial consequences of the civil liability of the perpetrator of an accident resulting from hunting or the destruction of vermin, the provi…

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