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Showing 121130 of 52536 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 2-7-2002 n° 99-14.819

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Addictovigilance

Article R5132-99

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé is responsible for implementing addictovigilance. It defines the guidelines, leads and coordinates the actions of the various pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Centre d'accueil et de soins hospitaliers de Nanterre.

Article R6147-99

The centre's accounting officer is the Receiver General of Finances for Paris.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I ter: Levy on sums paid by insurance and similar organisations in respect of insurance contracts in the event of death

Article 990 I bis

I. - 1. Where they do not fall within the scope of II ter of article 125-0 A or of I ter of article 990 I, sums which, on the day they were deposited with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, were…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R*322-99

The start-up capital of mutual insurance companies, the amount of which is set by the articles of association with no minimum amount required, is made up solely of payments made by members to enable t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Crematoria (R).

Article R2223-99-1

Silence kept for more than six months on the request for the creation and extension of crematoria provided for by

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-7

Any person whose identity is recorded in the file is subject, as a security measure, to the obligations set out in this article. The person is required to: 1° Provide proof of his or her address, a fi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-7

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority, within the meaning of Article 67(1) of Directive 2014/65/ EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised courts

Article 706-75-2

Notwithstanding the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 380-1, in the event of an appeal against a decision of an assize court whose territorial jurisdiction has been extended to the jurisdi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article D6152-73-2

Within the limits of the appropriations allocated for this purpose in the budget of the Minister responsible for health, an operating subsidy for IT and telephony resources is allocated for each seat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-25-2

By way of derogation from Article 11, the Anti-Terrorist Public Prosecutor, for investigation or prosecution proceedings initiated on the basis of one or more offences falling within the scope of Arti…

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