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Showing 43414350 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Product definition

Article 434

…493/1999 of 17 May 1999, for other drinks by the decrees in the Council of State taken for the application of Articles L. 212-1 à L. 215-5, L. 215-7 à L. 215-9, L. 216-1 à L. 216-9 of the Consumer Cod…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article D32-2-4

…gistrate may decide, as part of the costs mentioned in 6° of Article R. 92, to request a company to carry out technical work to clean the premises when it is no longer necessary to leave them as they…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regional and interregional councils

Article R4321-45-1

…of this Code. Voting shall take place by post or, where the National Council has so decided in application of article R. 4321-36, by electronic means. The results of the election are published without…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regional and interregional councils

Article R4321-47-1

The Regional Council elects from among its members the members who make up the restricted panel called upon to deliberate under the conditions provided for in I of article L. 4321-17-1. This panel is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Management of paediatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-4

…amework of the network mentioned in article R. 6123-26, permanent access to all the human and technical resources necessary for the management of emergencies received in this unit, in particular recou…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-6

The certificate, or the decision relating to the application for recognition or declaration of enforceability, shall be delivered to the applicant against a certificate or receipt, or shall be notifie…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of doping prevention medical centres

Article D232-5

To obtain the approval referred to in article L. 232-1, a doping prevention medical unit must meet the following conditions: 1° It must be directed by a doctor with expertise in sports medicine or the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-5

…s a disproportionate burden on insurance or reinsurance undertakings, having regard to the nature, scale and complexity of the risks to which the undertakings are exposed, taking into account at least…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Public hospital service

Article L6112-5

…hments other than those mentioned in 3° and 4° of article L. 6112-3 which are authorised to provide care to patients in emergency situations are associated with the public hospital service. Any patien…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Election documents

Article R2122-49

A voter identification document is issued for each ballot to every voter on the electoral roll. The cost of producing and sending electoral documents is borne by the State.

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