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Showing 51715180 of 39506 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 4-7-2007 n° 06-11.659

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 77-1-1

The Public Prosecutor or, with his authorisation, the judicial police officer or agent or, in the case provided for in 3° of Article 21-3 and under the control of the latter, the investigation assista…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to judicial measures

Article 430

The application to open the measure may be made to the judge by the person who needs to be protected or, as the case may be, by his or her spouse, the partner with whom he or she has entered into a ci…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 486

The minutes of the judgment are dated and mention the names of the judges who handed down the judgment; the presence of the public prosecutor at the hearing must be noted on the minutes.After being si…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable to personal injury offences resulting from deliberate intoxication

Article 706-139-1

When an investigation is referred to the investigating judge on the basis of articles 221-5-6,222-18-4or 222-26-2 of the Criminal Code and decides to refer the person under investigation to the trial…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article R5125-33-7

For the application of the provisions mentioned in article R. 5125-33-6, the pharmacist shall respect the confidentiality of discussions with the patient. To this end, he must have at his disposal pre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L613-41

I. - When the preventive resolution plans are drawn up and each time they are updated, the resolution board shall assess the extent to which the persons concerned can either be wound up in accordance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the conclusion, assessment and implementation of group financial support agreements

Article R613-49

I. - For the application of Article L. 613-46-3, the clauses of the agreement referred to in I of this Article set the minimum and maximum time limits within which the Board of Directors, the Supervis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the conclusion, assessment and implementation of group financial support agreements

Article R613-48

The supervisory college shall transmit to the resolution college and, where appropriate, to the resolution authorities concerned, the group financial support agreements which it has authorised as well…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the conclusion, assessment and implementation of group financial support agreements

Article R613-47

For the purposes of Article L. 613-46-1, notification of the decisions referred to in V of that article, taken on applications for authorisation to enter into or amend group financial support agreemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Protocol for therapeutic use and patient monitoring

Article R5121-74-6

Where the therapeutic use and patient monitoring protocol so provides, the holder of the exploitation rights for a medicinal product benefiting from a compassionate access authorisation or, where appl…

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