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Showing 23112320 of 66453 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 19-9-2007 n° 06-15.295 and Cass. civ. 3-10-2019 n° 18-22.945 F-D

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Participation of midwives in the screening and treatment of sexually transmitted infections

Article D4151-30

Midwives can screen their patients for human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in line with current recommendations.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L784-10

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L783-10

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Annual activity report for electricity concessions

Article D2224-35

…ed for in Article D. 2224-34 takes into account the specific features of the missions of developing and operating public electricity distribution networks and supplying electricity at regulated sales…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Annual activity report for electricity concessions

Article D2224-38

…of the missions of the conceded service, the level of the quality of the service rendered to users and, for the distribution service, the quality of the energy distributed. Subject to the provisions…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-19

…cial year to which it applies, the Director may, until the adoption of this budget, recover revenue and commit operating expenditure within the limits of those entered in the budget for the previous y…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Medical applications

Article L1333-19

…from the justification of the choice of procedure, the optimisation of doses delivered to patients and through to the delivery of the results of this procedure.II.-Professionals performing radiodiagn…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Demographic upgrading.

Article L133-19

…opulation according to the latest census, at the rate of job vacancies recorded in the municipality and without this change in demographic category affecting the statutory and regulatory situation of…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Holiday grants

Article L411-19

…ers linked to them by a civil solidarity pact, as well as their dependants as defined in articles 6 and 196 of the General Tax Code, whether or not they are employed or self-employed, particularly tho…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-198

…of a stipulation in the Articles of Association or a decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting and using distributable sums within the meaning of Article L. 232-11. This amortisation may only be…

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