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Showing 22712280 of 28454 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 28-6-1989 n° 150

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R49-6

The accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finances sends the offender an extract from the enforcement order concerning him/her in the form of a notice inviting him/her to pay the amo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-6

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 1225-29 to L. 1225-33, relating to the ban on prenatal and postnatal employment and breastfeeding, is punishable by a fifth-class fine, imposed as…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-63

The involvement of several notaries in the drafting or receipt of a deed does not increase the emolument, unless the deed is remunerated according to the number of hours spent. The division of emolume…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention service responsible for joint monitoring of this worker's state of health

Article D4624-62

The monitoring of a worker's state of health provided for in Article L. 4624-1-1 is carried out by the main employer's inter-company occupational health and prevention service, to which the other empl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for certain public sector employees.

Article R5424-6

When the person concerned has exhausted the rights opened at the time of a previous admission and fulfils the conditions allowing him/her to benefit from rights in respect of one or more activities ex…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-6

After receiving the opinion of the establishment's medical commission or, in the case of establishments that are part of a regional hospital grouping, the medical college or the grouping medical commi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-3

Any person held in police custody may, at their request, be examined by a doctor appointed by the public prosecutor or the judicial police officer. If custody is extended, the person may ask to be exa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Use of powers in the public interest

Article L515-6

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or the body that keeps the register referred to in I of Article L. 512-1 may take appropriate and non-discriminatory measures to penalise irregular…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Establishments providing sailing instruction

Article A322-69

The collective and individual water sports equipment and facilities provided by the establishments comply with the regulations in force and are properly maintained. In addition, they are appropriate f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-6

Any pharmaceutical company exploiting a medicinal product or product subject to the provisions of Chapter I of this Title which takes the decision to suspend or cease marketing thereof or which has kn…

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