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Showing 861870 of 32936 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 6 June 2001 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 January 2003 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 January 2008 · Cass. 1re civ. 22 December 1959

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-22

…ke place in the interest of the recipient in accordance with the first paragraph of article L. 1211-6, as well as the organs and cells concerned. The graft or use for therapeutic purposes of products…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Disciplinary Commission

Article R1442-22

The full and alternate members of the Commission are appointed for four years. This appointment takes place within three months of the renewal of the Conseil supérieur de la prud'homie provided for in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-29

Private guards may only take up their duties after taking an oath before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the territory to be guarded or one of them is located, at the seat of that court o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Appeal procedures

Article L743-22

The appeal does not have suspensive effect.However, the public prosecutor may ask the first president of the court of appeal or his delegate to declare his appeal suspensive when it appears to him tha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Storage of embryonic stem cells

Article R2151-22

The declaration of embryonic stem cell storage provided for in the sixth paragraph of Article L. 2151-9 shall be sent to the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine by any means enabling rece…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-22

On the appointed day, the commission hears the parties, it endeavours to reconcile their points of view and reach conciliation. If one of the parties does not appear, the commission establishes its fa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Retraining for work

Article R5213-22

The purpose of the retraining provided for in Article L. 5213-5 is to enable an employee who has had to interrupt his or her professional activity as a result of illness or accident to return to work…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Use of the vocational training account

Article R4163-22

…training account supplemented by the professional prevention account under 1° of I of article L. 4163-7, the Caisse des dépôts et consignations provides the body mentioned in the second paragraph of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7° : Tax reduction for subscriptions to the capital of press companies

Article 220 undecies

…x reduction equal to 25% of the amount of sums paid in respect of cash subscriptions made between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2024 to the capital of companies mentioned in the article 2 of law no.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Application to army hospitals and army blood transfusion centres

Article R4211-22

For the application of the provisions of sub-section 1, army hospitals and the army blood transfusion centre shall be considered as health establishments and a blood transfusion establishment respecti…

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