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Showing 11911200 of 51351 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 5-3-2014 n° 13-11.651 F-D

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Supplementary provisions

Article D3154-3

The financial guarantee may only result from a guarantee undertaking given by : 1° A mutual guarantee company; 2° A collective guarantee body; 3° An insurance company; 4° A bank; 5° A financial instit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-35

The specialised committees are made up of members from the colleges mentioned in article D. 1432-28, each of which appoints one or more representatives to sit on one or other of these committees, in a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-33

The original of the minutes of the count, together with its annexes, as well as the election documents mentioned in articles D. 4443-27 and D. 4443-28, are kept in a sealed envelope by the State repre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: General principles relating to the composition of National Professional Councils

Article D4021-3

For each healthcare profession or, where appropriate, for each speciality, the national professional councils ensure balanced representation of the different modes of practice.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-2-5

If justified by the nature of the offences that are the subject of the online complaint, and in particular in the case of complaints concerning sexual offences, the online complaint service must also…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Tasks

Article D211-53-2

I.-The National Ski and Mountaineering School's areas of activity include : 1° Alpine skiing and related activities; 2° Mountaineering and related activities; 3° hang-gliding. II - The areas of activi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration of members of the professions of medical electroradiology manipulator and medical laboratory technician and of graduates not in practice

Article D4354-3

The Director of the Regional Health Agency and the Armed Forces Medical Corps shall send the Minister for Health and the body responsible for managing the register referred to in Article D. 4113-118 a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-5-1

The first president of the court of appeal and the public prosecutor, together with the presidents of the judicial courts and the public prosecutors within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal, org…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-34

The sentence enforcement judge may, without proceeding with the adversarial debate provided for in Article 712-6, declare by reasoned order that a request for sentence adjustment is inadmissible pursu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration of members of the professions of occupational therapist and psychomotricist

Article D4333-3

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency and the Armed Forces Medical Corps shall send the Minister for Health and the body responsible for managing the register referred to in Article D. 41…

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