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Showing 131140 of 58186 articles for Art. Loi 2013-98 du 28-1-2013

French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to 1°: "intensive care" and 2°: "dispensatory polyvalent intensive care

Article D6124-28-1

I. - The medical team of an intensive care unit and a polyvalent intensive care unit consists of : 1° Doctors specialising in intensive care medicine or anaesthesia ; 2° Where necessary, other special…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definition, assimilation and classification.

Article 28

…inance may prescribe the use of the coding elements of the nomenclature for customs clearance of products to declare the type of goods. This nomenclature is published by order of the Minister for the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Revision of the jury list

Article 289

If any of the jurors present do not meet the legal aptitude conditions required by articles 255,256 and 257, the court shall order that their names be struck from the list and sent to the first presid…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Revision of the jury list

Article 288

…licable to any juror who, even having complied with the summons, withdraws before the expiry of his duties, without an excuse deemed valid by the court.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 811-5

Article R811-28-1

…811-5, awarded by an institution accredited under the conditions provided for in article L. 613-1 du code de l'éducation, who can provide evidence of at least five years' professional experience as…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-28-1

The contract authorising the communication to the public of a work on an on-demand audiovisual media service within the meaning of Article 2 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 provides for the tr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R6153-1-28

…n are specified, unless otherwise stipulated, by joint order of the Ministers of Health and Higher Education and the Minister of Defence.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Corrective measures, restrictions on use, interruption of distribution, exemptions, information and advice for consumers

Article R1321-28-1

…siders that the distribution presents a risk to human health, he asks the person responsible for producing or distributing the water to take corrective measures to restore the quality of the water. Th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 284

I. - Any person who has been authorised to receive goods or services duty free, tax suspended under article 277 A or under the benefit of a reduced rate is liable to pay the tax or the additional tax,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Invoices

Article 289

…issued in his name and on his behalf.A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the specific procedures for applying the first paragraph when the agent is established in a country with which there i…

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