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Showing 37013710 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-22

Any sharing of fees between doctors is prohibited in any form whatsoever, except in the cases provided for in article R. 4127-94. The acceptance, solicitation or offer of a fee-sharing arrangement, ev…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Duties of confraternity.

Article R4127-263

In all cases where they are called upon to give evidence in disciplinary matters, dental surgeons are, insofar as is compatible with respect for professional secrecy, required to reveal all facts of u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Vigilance.

Article R1123-55

…cedure for using the medical device that occurs in France and outside national territory: 1° In the case of a serious unexpected adverse reaction and a serious adverse event which may be related to th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Procedure.

Article R463-16

…e anticipated fees. The expert(s) shall inform the rapporteur in charge of the investigation of the case of the progress of the expertise operations. The expert(s) must take into consideration the com…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R661-6

…the following provisions:1° Legal representatives who are not appellants must be respondents.In all cases, the public prosecutor shall be notified of the date of the hearing;2° Appeals against judgmen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishments and organisations authorised to combat tuberculosis

Article D3112-7

…accordance with the recommendations in force. To this end, they : 1° Carry out investigations into cases of tuberculosis and ensure follow-up; 2° Carry out targeted screening for tuberculosis in at-r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Availability.

Article R6152-50

…ity or a public establishment dependent on it, a public interest grouping falling within one of the cases provided for in article L. 6134-1 or a health cooperation grouping, a social and medico-social…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-8

…ned order that is not subject to appeal, that there is no need to rule on this application; in this case, the application and the order are placed in the case file.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-3

…with the authorisation of the public prosecutor or examining magistrate, or the court hearing the case, the results obtained and the documents received are returned by the head of the technical body…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Discussion by the parties

Article 460-1

…ent their defence. If the court deems it necessary, it may order the civil party to appear. In this case, the proceedings on the whole case or only on the civil interests are postponed to a future hea…

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