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Showing 971980 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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-104-14

The accounting officer of the local authority is solely responsible and liable for:1° Taking all necessary steps to collect income, legacies and donations and other resources allocated to the service…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-2-9

The provisions of articles D. 8-2-2 to D. 8-2-6 and D. 8-2-8 are applicable to online services made available to victims to lodge a complaint electronically with the public prosecutor pursuant to Arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for authorisation

Article D3512-9-5

I.-The application for approval, accompanied by the information and documents listed in Annex I to Decree No. 2016-1139 of 22 August 2016, shall be sent by the head of the laboratory to the public est…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for authorisation

Article D3512-9-7

…ided for in that Article, in accordance with the technical specifications for computer transmission and presentation of the analysis results specified by the latter. The laboratory shall inform the af…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for authorisation

Article D3512-9-4

…ons of approval, delay in transmitting this information to the aforementioned public establishment, and false declarations are grounds for suspension or withdrawal of approval. The decision to withdra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for authorisation

Article D3512-9-6

A laboratory with establishments on several separate geographical sites where different teams operate submits an application for approval for each of them.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for authorisation

Article D3512-9-2

…renewable under the same conditions. Approval is published on the website of the Ministry of Health and the list of approved laboratories is sent by the Ministry of Health to the European Commission.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 900-3

The application for revision is made by way of principal action; it may also be made by way of counterclaim, in response to the action for execution or revocation which the heirs of the disposing pers…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Seniority requirements

Article D6323-9-2

…bour Code, the employee must prove that: 1° The seniority conditions required in articles R. 6323-9 and R. 6323-9-1 apply to occupations covered by the mapping of occupations and activities mentioned…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-111-9

The programme or commitment authorisations and any revisions thereof shall be presented by the President of the Assembly of French Guyana. They are voted on by the Assembly of French Guiana when adopt…

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