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Showing 37813790 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Special conditions for the "cardiovascular" designation

Article D6124-177-34

…ondition, at least two individual or group treatment sequences are provided each working day in the case of full hospitalisation, or each time a patient is admitted on a part-time basis.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Conditions common to 'oncology' and 'oncology and onco-haematology'.

Article D6124-177-71

…ondition, at least two individual or group treatment sequences are provided each working day in the case of full hospitalisation, or each time a patient is admitted on a part-time basis.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties.

Article D313-26

…elating to the communication of statistical information; 16° 2° of article 9 of decree no. 98-58 of 28 January 1998 relating to the conditions for issuing the foreign trader's identity card; 17° Artic…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-12 (art. A212-176)

…le, of the current revision certificate for qualifications subject to compulsory retraining;-in the case of trainees, a copy of the certificate attesting to the minimum requirements prior to being pla…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegation of parental authority

Article 377

…ply to the judge for full or partial delegation of the exercise of parental authority.In the latter case, the matter may also be referred to the judge by the public prosecutor, with the agreement of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-33

…icles 74 to 74-2, by the public prosecutor, for a maximum period of fifteen consecutive days in the cases provided for in articles 74 to 74-2 or when the investigation concerns a crime or an offence m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-6

…and the latter has been duly summoned, the public prosecutor shall receive his statements. In other cases, this magistrate shall remind him of his right to choose a lawyer or to request that one be ap…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article 706-120

…f the Criminal Code, it shall order, if the Public Prosecutor or a party has so requested, that the case file be forwarded by the Public Prosecutor to the Attorney General for referral to the Investig…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions relating to the Central Pricing Office.

Article R250-3

In the cases provided for in the fourth and fifth paragraphs of article L. 125-6, the insurance undertaking may only refer the matter to the Bureau central de tarification with a view to derogating fr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 779

…or renouncing children, this allowance is divided according to the rules of legal devolution.In the case of a gift, the donor's deceased children are, for the application of the allowance, represented…

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