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Showing 56515660 of 43523 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 18 April 1967 · Cass. civ. 25 March 1992 · Cass. com. 4 January 1994 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 December 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 June 2011

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-92

The deposits referred to in 8° of I of Article L. 214-36 are term deposits that meet the following four conditions: 1° They are made with a credit institution with which a written agreement has been s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Application to the armed forces health service

Article R6153-94

…To student doctors, the provisions of section 2 of this chapter, with the exception of articles R. 6153-58, R. 6153-59, R. 6153-62-1 ; b) For dental surgeon students, the provisions of section 3 of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Accreditation and quality control

Article L6221-9

…ummary of these reports. Without prejudice to Articles L. 1221-13, L. 5212-2, L. 5222-3 and L. 5232-4 and after informing the medical biology laboratory concerned, the external quality assessment bodi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-34

…to the introduction of health measures, works which, in addition to the conditions set out in 1° to 4° of article 311-29, have been the subject in 2020 of a duly completed and certified acceptance of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Hosting of personal health data on digital media subject to certification

Article R1111-9

…nal condition the virtual infrastructure of the information system used for processing health data; 4° Making available and maintaining in operational condition the information system's application ho…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-9

…e) is authorised to implement the automated processing of personal data referred to in Article 706-54, known as the "fichier national automatisé des empreintes génétiques" (FNAEG). The purposes of thi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Default provisions

Article R3122-9

…um period of twelve months preceding the request; 3° The existence of compensation and break times; 4° The need to protect the health and safety of employees is taken into account. The opinion of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coordination committees.

Article D1432-9

In order to carry out the tasks assigned to it by 2° of Article L. 1432-1, the Commission :1° May decide, by mutual agreement between its members, on work to be carried out to contribute to the develo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Addictovigilance

Article R5132-97

…to cause or prolong hospitalisation or to manifest itself by a congenital anomaly or malformation; 4° Misuse, the consumption of a medicinal product for recreational purposes, as well as its prescrip…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-9-1

The application for registration may be withdrawn until the start of the technical preparations required by the publication provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 512-10.Withdrawal shall be…

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