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Showing 25112520 of 37142 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 1996 · Cass. com. 15 September 2009 · Cass. com. 16 January 1973 · Cass. 1re civ. 14 March 1962 · Cass. com. 12 November 2008 · Cass. com. 9 October 2019 n° 18-13.286

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Radiation protection advisor

Article R1333-19

…ectiveness of the internal control, procedures and technical devices referred to in Article R. 1333-15; c) Receipt and inspection, from the point of view of radiation protection, of new or modified io…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4234-16

…th regard to the inadmissibility provided for in the first and second paragraphs of article R. 4234-12 of this Code, the request for regularisation may take the form of a formal notice signed by the p…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative fine for late payment

Article L3133-14

…l relations between Member States and the contracting entities mentioned in 2° and 3° of Article L. 1212-1 are liable to an administrative fine of up to two million euros for exceeding the maximum pay…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-146

…hing a liquid and payable claim may be authorised, under the conditions provided for in Article 706-144, to initiate or resume civil enforcement proceedings against the property, in accordance with th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-18

By way of derogation from article R. 142-16, for the exclusive purposes of carrying out their duties, staff responsible for searching for and checking the identity of persons, verifying the validity a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conference of conciliators

Article R141-14

In the event that a conciliator breaches the obligation of secrecy provided for in article L. 141-4, or any other behaviour incompatible with the performance of his duties, the Board of Directors of t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: The issue of copies of documents and registers.

Article 1440-1

In the event of refusal or silence maintained for two months from the date of the request, the president of the judicial court or, if the refusal emanates from a registrar, the president of the court…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-140

…atch number; 7° The volume or number of doses prepared; 8° The volume or number of doses delivered; 9° Where applicable, the vaccination schedule or the possibility of renewal mentioned in the veterin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-14

…and the disputes to which the application of the provisions of the last paragraph of article R. 421-15 may give rise, the guarantee fund may not be summoned to court by the victim or his rightful clai…

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

Article R53-18-1

The collection, modification, consultation, communication, including transfers, and deletion of personal data and information are recorded. Recorded consultation and communication operations establish…

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