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Showing 37413750 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 5: Application to the armed forces health service.

Article R5222-19

For the purposes of this chapter, army hospitals and the army blood transfusion centre are considered, respectively, as public health establishments and as a blood transfusion establishment. The local…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation to declare

Article D5125-38-1

…n of the administrative act recording or authorising this change. The regional council of section A and the central council of section E immediately transmit information concerning the commencement, c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of prison sentences

Article 627-19

…person is presented to the public prosecutor of the place of arrival, who will question the person and draw up a report. However, if the examination cannot be carried out immediately, the person is t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-5

…ires may appoint one or more managers, chosen or not from among them. The procedures for appointing and removing the manager may be determined by a unanimous decision of the undivided co-owners. In th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Disputes.

Article R2362-18

The court with jurisdiction to rule on a challenge to the appointment and election of the members of the special negotiating body is that in whose jurisdiction is situated either the registered office…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-18

I.-The persons authorised to access the processing for the purposes of consulting, recording and modifying data are the Commission's authorised agents and, where applicable, subcontractors recruited u…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R3123-19-2

…d in euros each year, from the third Monday following the first round of the departmental election, and may ask to use them as of this acquisition. Regardless of the number of mandates held by the loc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 duodecies A

…realised on the transfer of a leasing contract entered into under the conditions provided for in 1 and 2 of Article L. 313-7 of the Monetary and Financial Code is subject to the regime defined in art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-19

By acceptance, the drawee undertakes to pay the bill of exchange on the due date. In the event of non-payment, the bearer, even if he is the drawer, has a direct action against the acceptor arising fr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-19

…d at the time of the settlement or judgment of the case, subject to the application of articles 181 and 469. If the facts constitute a contravention, the examining magistrate shall order the case to b…

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