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Showing 49614970 of 34202 articles for Art. Cass. 1e civ. avis 6-12-2018 n° 18-70.011

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Effects of extradition

Article 696-36

Extradition obtained by the French Government shall be null and void if it has taken place outside the conditions provided for in this chapter. Immediately after the extradited person is taken into cu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Payment service providers

Article L521-6

Payment systems and payment service providers shall be permitted to process personal data where this is necessary to ensure the prevention, investigation and detection of payment fraud. The communicat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4342-6

Orthoptists are authorised, on medical prescription or within the framework of an organisational protocol defined in this section, to perform the following professional acts: 1° Non-contact corneal pa…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Controls on certain operations carried out within the European Community.

Article 65 A

The customs administration is empowered to check the beneficiaries of benefits granted under the internal system by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, or by the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-6

A Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes (National Association of Statutory Auditors) is hereby set up under the aegis of the Minister of Justice, as a public interest body with legal person…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article A321-6

Applications shall be sent to the Conseil des Maisons de Vente by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by any other equivalent means, no later than one month before the date of the fir…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-6

Without prejudice to the specific provisions applicable to them, the prohibitions defined in Article L. 511-5 do not apply to the institutions and services listed in Article L. 518-1, nor to undertaki…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-64

The meeting is chaired by a representative of the group. If the representatives are absent or if there is disagreement between them, the meeting shall appoint a person to act as chairman. If convened…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: College of employees

Article R1441-6

In the event of a tie between two or more organisations pursuant to Article R. 1441-5, the seat is awarded to the trade union organisation that obtained the most votes cast for that section. In the ev…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Optimisation of medical exposure to ionising radiation

Article R1333-63

In the context of research involving humans, when a participant voluntarily agrees to undergo a medical procedure using ionising radiation, the dose or activity levels administered are established on…

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