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Showing 46414650 of 66561 articles for Art. 1228 · Cass. com. 1 February 1978 · Cass. com. 10 February 1958 · Cass. com. 3 October 1977 · Cass. ch. req. 7 May 1923 · Cass. 1re civ. 24 May 1966

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing and registration of the declaration

Article R6351-7-1

…quest of the competent inspectorates, the private-law legal entities mentioned in 4° of article R. 6351-5 shall send them their articles of association.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 797

If the application is rejected, a new application may not be made until two years have elapsed, unless the rejection of the first application was due to insufficient time for proof. In this case, the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Therapeutic use exemptions

Article D232-72-1

…here it considers that it would be manifestly unfair not to grant it, the French Anti-Doping Agency may issue a Therapeutic Use Exemption taking effect on a date prior to its notification, in accordan…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Therapeutic use exemptions

Article D232-73-1

…ceipt of an application for a Therapeutic Use Exemption under the conditions set out in articles R. 112-4 and R. 112-5 of the Code des relations entre le public et l'administration. This acknowledgeme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Remote access to correspondence stored by means of electronic communications accessible by means of a computer identifier

Article 706-95-1

…ments of the investigation into a crime or one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the liberty and custody judge may, at the request of the public pros…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-14-2

…ction extending over the jurisdiction of several judicial courts or over the whole of the territory may, where these acts have the material nature of an offence and meet the conditions laid down in Ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 730-2-1

…person has been sentenced to a custodial sentence for one or more offences mentioned in articles 421-1 to 421-6 of the Criminal Code, excluding those defined in articles 421-2-5 to 421-2-5-2 of the s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office

Article L2573-7

I. - The provisions of Sections 1 to 3 of Chapter III of Title II of Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-1

The purpose of the compassionate prescribing framework referred to in Article L. 5121-12-1 is to ensure the safety of prescribing a medicinal product which does not comply with its marketing authorisa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-7

Health centres apply the third-party payment system referred to in article L. 160-10 of the Social Security Code and do not charge more than the rates set by the administrative authority or the rates…

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