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Showing 46614670 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Cardiac surgery.

Article R6123-74

…tion group can demonstrate, for cardiac surgery, for each site, an annual activity, forecast in the case of creation, or recorded in the case of renewal, at least equal to a minimum set by order of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-36

…cal committee, or by the director general of the Centre national de gestion. The practitioner whose case is submitted to a medical committee is obliged to appear before it and, if so requested, to pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-31

…set in accordance with the conditions laid down by order of the Minister for Trade. However, in the case of judicial or forced public auction sales, the remuneration of sworn goods brokers is set by a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-95

…sociétés anonymes, the number of members of the board of directors or the supervisory board, as the case may be, may exceed the number of eighteen provided for in articles L. 225-17 and L. 225-69, for…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Information on prices and conditions of sale

Article L112-4

In the case of an open-ended contract or a contract with a subscription, the total price includes the total costs incurred for each billing period. Where such contracts are charged at a fixed rate, th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-8

…usted to the person empowered to represent him pursuant to this section.However, he may not, in the case of general habilitation to represent him, conclude a mandate for future protection during the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate

Article 49

…in Chapter I of Title III. He may not, on pain of nullity, participate in the judgment of criminal cases that he has heard in his capacity as an investigating judge. The investigating judge shall exe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Recording and fixing images in public places using airborne devices

Article 230-49

…c prosecutor or investigating judge, which may be given by any means, is mentioned or placed in the case file. It has no judicial character and is not subject to appeal.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 194-1

When a case is referred to the Investigating Chamber on remand after cassation, it shall rule within the time limits set out in articles 148-2, 186-2, 186-4 and 194. These time limits run from receipt…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-12

In all the cases provided for in this section, the court may order, as an additional penalty, that the judgment be posted at the expense of the convicted temporary employment agency or user, in accord…

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