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Showing 24812490 of 30018 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. – 6 July 2016 – no. 15-21.811

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

Article L4351-6

…lectroradiology manipulator, with or without a qualification: 1° Persons recruited before 29 May 1996 by a public body or a public health establishment or a public social establishment, for a permanen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Rubrique 6

Heading 6 - Social and miscellaneous assistance61. Social assistance expenditure 611. Direct assistance 6111. Legal aid 1. Where applicable (1), decision specifying the terms and conditions of payment…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-6

…creation of specific qualifications and applications for authorisation to award national diplomas; 6° The institution's research priorities and the exploitation of its results; 7° The budget and its…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CASES IN WHICH A FOREIGNER MAY BE SUBJECT TO A REMISSION DECISION

Article L621-6

…y of that State and carrying out an intra-group temporary posting in accordance with Directive 2014/66/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the conditions of entry and re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6b: SME Innovation Account

Article L221-32-6

…the cancellation of the said securities which are not included in the tax base pursuant toarticle 161 of the General Tax Code and which are not paid into the cash account of the same account constitu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-16

…of its own motion, in accordance with the rules and under the conditions determined by the articles 695-12 to 695-15. In the absence of a waiver of the benefit of the principle of speciality, where th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L462-6

…junctions.When it considers that the facts are such as to justify the application of Article L. 420-6, it sends the case file to the public prosecutor. This transmission interrupts the statute of limi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: CONDITIONS FOR RENEWAL OF RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R433-6

Subject to articles L. 421-2 and annexed to this code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-6

…lternate auditors. The same applies in the event of a challenge made on the basis of Article L. 823-6.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Speech therapists.

Article L4341-6

…or for one or more establishments or for a specific type of activity, persons who, on 1 January 1964, usually performed acts of re-education "constituting a treatment of pathological anomalies" of t…

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