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Showing 30913100 of 51993 articles for Art. CE 24-4-2019 n° 419912 confirming CAA Nancy 22-2-2018 n° 17NC00780

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-40

Under the written procedure without a hearing provided for in III of article L. 3211-12-2, the court registry shall notify the parties of the order without delay and by any means that can be used to e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-41

…r parties are not required to be represented by a lawyer. The judge shall set the date, time and place of the hearing. II. - The court clerk will immediately summon, by any means, in their capacity as…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Vacancy of guardianship

Article 411

Guardianship is declared vacant if it is impossible to set up guardianship with a family council or to admit the child as a ward of the State. In this case, the guardianship judge refers it to the pub…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Second class.

Article 411

…duty or tax and where it is not specifically punishable under this Code.2. The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply in particular to the following offences when they relate to goods in the cate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial and accounting system.

Article R5321-4

Revenue and imprest accounts may be set up under the conditions set out in Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-4

…ons specific to them. For the application of article L. 2123-11-2, the monthly amount of the allowance is at most equal to 80% or, from the seventh month following the start of payment of the allowanc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specialisation in "sports development

Article A212-49

…r youth, popular education and sport confers on its holder the following skills, as attested by the certification reference framework:-designing an action project ;coordinate the implementation of an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Biological diagnosis performed on cells taken from an in vitro embryo

Article R162-44

…having been approved under the conditions provided for in 7° of this article, the multidisciplinary centre for prenatal diagnosis of the territorial public health establishment of Mayotte has the task…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-42

…as follows, for a minimum period of five years from the date on which the last unit of the model concerned was placed on the national market: a) Upholstery; b) Backrests; c) Headrests; d) Armrests; e)…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3841-4

…rticle L. 5121-8, mentioned in II and III of Article L. 5124-8 and in Article L. 5124-8-2" are replaced by the words: "medicinal products not subject to a marketing authorisation issued by the Agence…

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