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Showing 85218530 of 28866 articles for Art. Cass. 1e civ. avis 20-10-2022 n° 22-70.011

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Informing users and expressing their wishes

Article R1541-2

Articles R. 1111-17 to R. 1111-20 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2016-1067 of 3 August 2016, with the exception of III of Article R. 1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Opposition

Article 492

If service of the judgment has not been made on the person of the accused, the objection must be lodged within the following time limits, which run from service of the judgment made at the domicile, b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25-6

A joint order by the ministers responsible for transport, labour and trade may, after consulting the mayor, or where applicable the chairman of the public inter-communal cooperation body of which the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical electroradiology manipulator

Article L4351-1

Any person who is not a doctor and who performs professional medical electroradiology procedures on medical prescription and under the responsibility of a doctor is considered to be practising the pro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R442-2

Guarantees relating to the risks mentioned in article L. 432-2 are granted by decision of the Minister for the Economy, taken after consultation with the Commission for Guarantees and Foreign Trade Cr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-7

The syndicate commission is called upon to give its opinion on the arrangements for the enjoyment of the section's property, the fruits of which are collected in kind, as determined by the town counci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-6

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé will send a copy of the dossier to the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine, who will give h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Concessions.

Article R2223-13

The state of abandonment is recorded in a report drawn up by the mayor or his delegate after a visit to the site, in the presence of a police officer delegated by the head of the district or, in the a…

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

Article L7227-12-1

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Prevention of offences committed via the Internet

Article 67 D-6

When customs officers find that an offence referred to in article 414 of the present code or an offence of distance selling or purchasing of tobacco referred to in 10° ofarticle 1810 of the General Ta…

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