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Showing 26112620 of 23296 articles for Art. CE 10-5-2019 n° 411898

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-10-1

The grouping referred to in Article L. 6113-10 is subject to the provisions of Chapter II of Law No. 2011-525 of 17 May 2011 on simplifying and improving the quality of law, subject to the following p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-1

I. - Only the following may act as UCITS depositories: 1° The Banque de France ; 2° The Caisse des dépôts et consignations ; 3° Credit institutions having their registered office in France; 4° Credit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-6

Where the application for registration concerns a herbal substance, a herbal preparation or a combination thereof included in the list drawn up for use in traditional herbal medicinal products by the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition of the Criminal Appeals Division

Article 510

…gistrar of the court of appeal. However, where the contested judgment has been delivered in accordance with the procedures provided for in the third paragraph of Article 398 or in accordance with thos…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Emergency contraception in secondary education establishments and university and inter-university student health services

Article D5134-10-1

University and inter-university student health services supply students with emergency contraception drugs under the following conditions:1° Medicines are issued and administered free of charge to stu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-5-1

Officers of the public prosecutor's office at one or more police courts, the list and jurisdiction of which shall be determined by decree, shall be competent to issue enforcement orders for the increa…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 5: Payment of the price

Article R322-58

…sts of prosecution and, where applicable, of any higher bids and transfer duties are paid by the successful bidder in addition to the price. Proof of this must be provided to the court clerk's office…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 5: Payment of the price

Article R322-56

Payment to the escrow agent or deposit with the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations of the price to which the successful bidder is liable pursuant to article…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 5: Payment of the price

Article R322-57

…the creditors and, where applicable, to the debtor, and is distributed to them together with the price of the property.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Automatic processing of personal data relating to requests for validation of reception certificates

Article R142-50

The data recorded in the processing operations mentioned in Article R. 142-43 may not be interconnected, linked or reconciled with any other automated processing of personal data.

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