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Showing 61616170 of 29386 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 16-6-1981 n° 1107

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV bis: Victim support office

Article D47-6-15

The victims' assistance office set up in each judicial court is made up of representatives of one or more victims' assistance associations that have been granted general competence pursuant to article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryonic stem cell research.

Article R2151-12-6

In the event of a breach of the requirements resulting from III of Article L. 2151-6, the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine may give formal notice to the establishment or organisation t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Opinion of the college and compensation offer

Article R1142-63-32

I.-Where the College finds that there is no liability, it shall inform the claimant and the persons against whom the proceedings have been brought, as well as their insurers, by any means that ensures…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-3

In the event of the annulment of the election of a municipal council of a municipality with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants or the annulment of the election of community councillors provided for in artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-11-6

The Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment shall terminate the temporary suspension or temporary ban on the provision of services in the light of the proo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-2

By way of derogation from articles L. 5211-6 et L. 5211-6-1, between two general renewals of the municipal councils:1° In the event of the creation of a public inter-municipal cooperation establishmen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementation of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L613-64-2

When part of the deposits eligible for the guarantee mentioned in Article L. 312-4-1 of an institution subject to a resolution procedure is transferred to another entity, depositors may not claim any…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-11

The freezing order and the certificate issued by the judicial authority of the issuing State shall be transmitted, in accordance with the procedures laid down in article 695-9-6, to the territorially…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prohibitions

Article D1333-6-4

The categories of substances that may benefit from the exemptions resulting from the application of articles R. 1333-6-1 to R. 1333-6-3 are as follows: -Metallic substances which, prior to their use i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-6-1

When serving in the national police's operational reserve, retired national police officers who were judicial police officers during their active service may be authorised, under the terms and conditi…

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