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Showing 69716980 of 19637 articles for Art. CA Paris 6-12-1991 n° 90-10344

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health policy.

Article L1411-6-1

Newborn screening using medical biology tests, including genetic tests, constitutes a national health programme within the meaning ofarticle L. 1411-6. The procedures for organising this screening and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-8-1

…ces falling within the scope of the article 628, the counter-terrorism public prosecutor may communicate to the specialised intelligence services mentioned in the article L. 811-2 of the Internal Secu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article L420-6-1

…hment is not granted to directors, managers and other members of staff who, at the time of the application for exemption from pecuniary penalties made by the undertaking or association of undertakings…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General powers

Article R3551-6-3

…r;2° Deputy Director;3° Head of group and head of administrative and financial affairs;4° Chief medical officer of the health and medical rescue service.The management posts mentioned in 3° that do no…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the College of Experts

Article R1142-63-18

…ropaediatrics; 3° Three people with expertise in the fields of personal injury compensation and medical liability; 4° A doctor proposed by the President of the Conseil national de l'ordre des médecins…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV bis: Victim support office

Article D47-6-15

…formation of which it has become aware pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 15-33-66-9, indicating in particular, as the case may be:-that his complaint is being examined by the public prosecu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-6-1

For the application of the provisions of the first paragraph of article R. 2152-6, the employees of the member undertakings holding an employment contract during the month of December of the year prec…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-6

…32-9-4 includes the following information as at 31 December of the previous year: 1° Number of applications by potential beneficiaries of a life insurance policy under the scheme provided for in artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the College of Experts

Article R1142-63-1

…of experts referred to in Article L. 1142-24-4 comprises: 1° Two doctors competent in the field of cardiology ; 2° One person with expertise in personal injury compensation; 3° A doctor proposed by t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-6

…g of policyholders referred to in the second paragraph of II of article L. 132-27-2 is organised by Caisse des dépôts et consignations on the basis of information communicated by insurance companies,…

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