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Showing 47114720 of 9348 articles for Art. CA Paris – 9 Feb. 1999 – no. 1996/18826

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation to declare

Article R5125-37-1

…the context of the missions provided for in article L. 5125-1-1 A of the present code. For the application of 1°, turnover from the sale of medicinal products in the local authorities mentioned inarti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3a: Emergency care procedures within the remit of the fire service

Article R6311-18-4

For the purposes of this section, the term "médecin régulateur" (medical regulator) refers to the doctor responsible for the telephone regulation service provided for in 1° of article R. 6123-1 or the…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Directorate-General for Labour

Article R8121-13

…te General for Labour has authority over the decentralised services and is responsible for the application of Convention No. 81 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) of 11 July 1947 on labour…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Appeals against the decisions of the person in charge of missions falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority

Article R412-17

The appeal shall be lodged by petition addressed to the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal by the applicant in person or by a lawyer duly registered at a bar.If the applicant does not appear…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-77

The sentenced person's individual file provided for by Article D. 49-29 is kept by the registry of the Paris enforcement judge. A copy of all or part of this file is kept by the registry of the compet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section: Units for difficult patients.

Article R3222-7

The medical monitoring committee visits the unit for difficult patients at least once every six months. It sends a report of its visit to the departmental committee for psychiatric care, to the depart…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L5524-2

For the application of article L. 5421-4 in Mayotte, the words: "in article L. 161-17-2 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "in the first paragraph of article 6 of order no. 2002-4…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-45

…or a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation on the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours, ne peuvent, en l'absence de sch…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Taxes, levies and other income allocated to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image)

Article L116-5

The following are allocated to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée :1° Proceeds from the reimbursement of advances on receipts granted before 1 January 1996 for the production of cinema…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Foreign nationals residing outside the European Union

Article R421-42

…Prefect of the department in which the foreign national has established residence in France or, in Paris, by the Prefect of Police, on presentation of the passport bearing a long-stay visa marked "sa…

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