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Showing 52515260 of 27439 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 19-7-1995 n° 1764

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Care of prisoners

Article R6431-79

The health agency provides care on its premises to prisoners whose condition does not require hospitalisation; under the same conditions, it carries out the examinations, in particular radiological or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Combating nosocomial infections.

Article D6431-72

The Agency shall set up a hospital hygiene operational team comprising staff, in particular medical or pharmaceutical staff and nurses, who it is necessary to assign, for all or part of their professi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-2-7

If the person against whom a warrant of committal with deferred effect has been issued fails, without legitimate reason, to appear before the public prosecutor or at the prison on the date set for his…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-16-5 (art. A212-192-5)

Aptitude test I.-Technical safety test. The aim of the technical safety test is to check the candidate's ability to progress safely, at a sustained speed, on Nordic-type hilly terrain, whatever the sn…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-1

Persons convicted of one of the offences mentioned in the article 706-47 may be subject to a treatment order imposed either at the time of their conviction, as part of a socio-judicial follow-up, in a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-142-7

I.-For the category of acts of the professional recovery procedure mentioned in table 2 of article appendix 4-7, the emolument breaks down into:1° A principal emolument and a fixed fee for transmissio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-3

I.- Market undertakings of significant importance due to their size and internal organisation, as well as the nature, scale and complexity of their activities, shall set up an appointments committee c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to water distribution

Article L2224-7-4

The provisions of articles L. 2224-7-2 and L. 2224-7-3 apply without prejudice to the provisions of article 2 of law no. 2000-614 of 5 July 2000 relating to the reception and housing of travellers for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Designation

Article L2122-7-2

In municipalities with a population of 1,000 or more, deputy councillors are elected by an absolute majority of the votes cast, without any combination of votes or preferential votes. The list is comp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-7-4

The parts of the regional development plan provided for by Articles L. 4433-7-1 to L. 4433-7-3 are the subject of individualised chapters. The cartographic documents relating to them are appended to t…

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