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Showing 47314740 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 Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification.

Article D321-7-1

The classification decision referred to in Article D. 321-6 may be revoked or amended for the remaining period of the initial decision if, following an adversarial procedure initiated by the body refe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance.

Article L5134-72-1

The amount of aid for professional integration paid under an initiative-employment contract may not exceed 47% of the gross amount of the minimum growth wage per hour worked, within the limit of the l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-17

The situation of detainees likely to be subject to the measure provided for in Article 706-25-16 is examined, at the request of the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, at least three months before the d…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Pre-trial proceedings before the Pre-Trial Judge

Article 789

…hes jurisdiction, have sole jurisdiction, to the exclusion of any other formation of the court, to: 1° Rule on procedural objections, applications made pursuant to Article 47 and incidents putting an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions specific to the modality: "systemic drug treatments for cancer".

Article D6124-134-7

The authorised establishment must : 1° Comply with the medication circuit and take into account the criteria in the certification manual for healthcare establishments; 2° Formalise the steps involved…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special conditions for the "multi-purpose" option

Article D6124-177-7

In addition to the teams provided for in article D. 6124-177-3, the multidisciplinary team includes at least one masseur-physiotherapist.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Transport by sea.

Article 72

1. Within twenty-four hours of the vessel's arrival in port, the master must lodge at the customs office : a) as a summary declaration : - the cargo manifest, with an authentic translation if necessar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Resolution measures

Article R613-73-1

I.-When a person finds itself in the situation referred to in III of Article L. 613-56, the resolution college, after obtaining the opinion of the supervisory college, shall examine without delay whet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-7-1

…e jurisdiction of the public health establishment as defined in the second paragraph of article L. 6141-1. The director of the public health establishment whose jurisdiction is to be changed takes all…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Members of the Management Board

Article D6143-35-3-1

…ee with the names proposed, if no proposal is made or if the proposals are incomplete, the Director may request a new list within fifteen days. In the event of further disagreement, he shall appoint t…

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