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Showing 51515160 of 27264 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 22-7-1992 n° 1258

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Examination of the appeal

Article R212-7-31

The decision of the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique, signed by its Chairman, is notified, within two months, to the Minister for Culture, to the applicants and to the author of th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R212-7-9

Within a period of one month from the date of registration of an application for authorisation, the members of the Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique will receive, by electronic…

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

Article L421-7-2

Market undertakings shall devote adequate human and financial resources to the training of the persons referred to in Article L. 421-7.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-13-7

I.-The Autorité des marchés financiers may suspend the marketing or sale of financial instruments, units mentioned in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-3

When it is considering drawing up a compassionate prescribing framework, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, by any means capable of giving a date certain of r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings

Article 706-56-2

The register of personal data collected as part of judicial proceedings, kept by the criminal records department under the authority of the Minister of Justice and placed under the control of a magist…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 6: Information to be provided to the public

Article L385-7-1

I.-The provisions of I of article L. 533-22 of the Monetary and Financial Code are applicable to supplementary occupational pension funds, insofar as they invest in shares admitted to trading on a reg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article 706-40-1

People who are victims of one of the offences provided for in articles 225-4-1 to 225-4-6 and 225-5 to 225-10 of the Criminal Code, who have contributed by their testimony to the ascertainment of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-8

The cost of monitoring treated patients is borne by the marketing authorisation holder for the medicinal product or by the company which operates the medicinal product and which has been authorised to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Competent administrative authorities

Article R*732-4

The administrative authority competent to assign a foreign national to residence, pursuant to 7° or 8° of article L. 731-3 or article L. 731-5 is the Minister of the Interior.

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