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Showing 53715380 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Commitment of expenditure and accounting by the authorising officer.

Article D2573-62

The articles R. 2342-1 to D. 2342-12 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The application of laws and regulations in Saint-Barthélemy

Article D6213-6

Books IV, VI and VII of Part Five of the General Code of Territorial Authorities are applicable to Saint-Barthélemy.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Group, company or establishment occupational health and prevention services.

Article D4622-6

The company or establishment occupational health and prevention service is administered by the employer under the supervision of the social and economic committee. The committee is consulted on matter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internship in speech and language therapy with a practitioner.

Article D4341-6

Speech and language therapy students complete their work placement with a speech and language therapist, known as the "maître de stage". This placement is either with a speech and language therapist i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Certificate of compliance with good practice and Community database.

Article R5138-6

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall transmit to the European Medicines Agency, for recording in the Community database, the certificates of good manufacturing…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Written agreements

Article L441-6

…L. 441-3 to L. 441-5 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €75,000 for a natural person and €375,000 for a legal entity.The maximum fine incurred is increased to €150,000 for a natural per…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-40

If, in the course of executing the investigation decision, the investigating magistrate deems it appropriate to initiate investigative measures not initially planned or which could not be specified wh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-42

The reports, objects seized and any other evidence gathered in execution of the investigation decision shall be handed over to the issuing authority as soon as possible. The magistrate hearing the cas…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-41

…form of appeal pursuant to the provisions of this Code, such appeals may, under the same conditions and in accordance with the same procedures, be lodged against these measures by the persons concerne…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L631-6

…State representative, after receiving the approval of the territorial council, for a period of four and a half months, divided, where applicable, to take into account the specific climatic conditions…

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