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Showing 21612170 of 61852 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 4 December 2013 · Cass. com. 15 November 2005 · Cass. com. 2 April 1974 · Cass. com. 13 May 1980

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Advisory Committee

Article 421-27

The reading committees consulted on projects for which a writing grant is requested include three alternate members of the committee.The agenda for the meetings and the choice of readers for each comm…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Consultative Commission

Article 434-2

The readers consulted on projects for which aid is requested for creation and distribution on digital platforms are chosen from a list drawn up by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Classification of liens

Article 2332-4

Unless otherwise provided by special law, the preferential right conferred by the pledge ranks pari passu with the building lessor's lien.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Order

Article 4232-2

Subject to article R. 4233-1 with regard to the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region and the collectivity of Corsica, the territorial jurisdictions of the regional councils of the order of pharmacists co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article R621-41-2

…t by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the chairman of the Enforcement Committee;2° In the case of natural persons, the application shall state the surname, first name, profession a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-13

An agreement is signed between the public entity mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 6113-11 and each health care organisation on the list mentioned in article L. 6113-12. If a health care o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-13

…on on expiry of this period. When the transfer concerns an establishment mentioned in articles R. 5142-6 or R. 5142-7, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Traffic and parking regulations

Article L2213-4-2

…order to facilitate the detection of breaches of traffic regulations adopted pursuant to Article L. 2213-4-1 and to enable evidence of these offences to be gathered and their perpetrators to be tracke…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings for judgment

Article 1564-7

…the hearing closing the investigation pursuant to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 1546-1, the acts and documents referred to in articles 1564-1,1564-3 and 1564-4 are communicated to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: The gender equality and anti-discrimination officer and the safety and security officer

Article D1424-20-4

…quality between women and men and the promotion of diversity and the fight against discrimination ; 2° Advising staff, volunteer firefighters and departments on general issues relating to discriminati…

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