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Showing 14111420 of 56842 articles for Art. 1832-1 · C. civ. Art. 515-5

French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D331-5

…R. 111-32 to R. 111-35 and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of human body parts and products

Article R1542-5

…or in Article L. 2141-1 are deleted. B.-Article R. 1244-5 is replaced by the following provisions: "Art. R. 1244-5.The donor's file, kept by the authorised structures in accordance with the regulation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: School and university health services.

Article L2325-5

…L. 831-2 of the Education Code, hereafter reproduced: "Medical supervi…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Local tax on companies operating ski-lift equipment.

Article D422-5

…ticles R. 2333-70 to R. 2333-73 of the General Local Authorities Code, which are reproduced below: "Art. R. 2333-70 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales. Companies operating ski lifts i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 560

Where it is not established that the interested party has received the letter addressed to him by the bailiff in accordance with the provisions of Articles 557 and 558, or when the writ has been deliv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 570

Where the court or the court of appeal rules by judgment or ruling separate from the judgment on the merits, the appeal in cassation is immediately admissible if this decision puts an end to the proce…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R4421-5

When the sites council sits in a formation known as the heritage and architecture formation, it also includes: 1° In respect of the first college: a heritage curator assigned to the regional cultural…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rights of authorised professionals

Article R1111-54

The attending doctor referred to inarticle L. 162-5-3 of the Social Security Code has access to all the data contained in the shared medical record. The holder may grant one or more professionals auth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rights of authorised professionals

Article R1111-53

When a professional considers that data concerning the patient's state of health entered in the shared medical record should not be brought to the patient's attention unaccompanied, he or she may make…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B. - Temporary absences to prepare for professional or social reintegration and temporary absences to maintain family ties

Article D143-5

Persons sentenced to one or more custodial sentences of a total duration not exceeding five years and persons sentenced to one or more custodial sentences of a total duration exceeding five years when…

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