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Showing 39914000 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special conditions for the "geriatrics" option

Article D6124-177-16

…s of treatment, either individual or collective, are given to each patient every working day in the case of full hospitalisation, or every time a patient comes for part-time hospitalisation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Conditions common to the terms "children and adolescents" and "young children, children and adolescents".

Article D6124-177-65

…ces of treatment, including at least one individual treatment, are provided each working day in the case of full hospitalisation, or each time a patient is admitted to hospital part-time.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Special conditions for the "digestive system, endocrinology, diabetology, nutrition" option

Article D6124-177-47

…s of treatment, including one sequence of individualised care, are provided each working day in the case of full hospitalisation or each time a patient is admitted to hospital part-time.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 175

…soon as the investigation appears to have been completed, the examining magistrate communicates the case file to the public prosecutor and at the same time notifies the parties' lawyers or, if they ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-15

…charges against him and request that the procedure provided for in this section be applied. In this case, the Public Prosecutor may, if he or she considers it appropriate, proceed in accordance with t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-10

…may be extended at the request of the public prosecutor for a period set by the same decree. In the case of a farm, this period is set by the court according to the current crop year and the specific…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Vigilance.

Article R1123-54

…tions occurring in France and outside national territory within the following time limits:1° In the case of a serious unexpected adverse reaction resulting in death or life-threatening serious adverse…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5

I.-In the case of assignment of the exploitation right, where the author has suffered a loss of more than seven twelfths due to injury or insufficient forecasting of the proceeds of the work, he may r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530-1

…e public prosecutor may either waive prosecution or proceed in accordance with the articles 524 to 528-2 or articles 531 and following, or notify the interested party of the inadmissibility of the com…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-1

…mercial relationship with the customer and includes, where applicable, the beneficial owner. In the case of life insurance and capitalisation contracts, the business relationship includes the benefici…

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