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Showing 27812790 of 36276 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 5-9-2012 n° 11-23.209

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cancer centres.

Article L6162-9

The Board of Directors determines the centre's general policy and its evaluation and control policy. To this end, it carries out any controls and verifications it deems appropriate and deliberates on…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1210-9

…ent of the return decision, the public prosecutor with jurisdiction pursuant to article 34-1 of law n° 95-125 of 8 January 1995 to directly request the police force in order to enforce the decision is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-9

The registration of homeopathic veterinary medicinal products with the Director General of the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety is valid for an unlimited period.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article R1312-9

The following is punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class offences: 1° Without having declared his or her activity in accordance with the provisions of article R. 1311-2 ; 2° Without complying w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-9-4

I.-The report on the application of articles L. 132-9-2 and L. 132-9-3 provided for in article L. 132-9-3-1 is published annually on the insurance undertaking's website or on any other durable medium…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L71-113-3

The following are compulsory for the local authority:1° Expenditure relating to the running of the deliberative bodies and the upkeep of the local authority's hotel;2° Expenditure relating to the func…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-11-1

Without prejudice to cases in which the conditions set out in the first paragraph of article 495-11 are not met, the president may refuse homologation if he considers that the nature of the facts, the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article R212-10-11

I.-The Minister for Youth and the Minister for Sport draw up the specifications provided for in article R. 212-10-9. These specifications include 1° General clauses relating to the training body's abi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-9

In accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article R. 663-9, the remuneration provided for in Article A. 663-8 is increased by 50% if the safeguard or recovery plan is approved. When…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management of situations of long-term exposure resulting from a radiological emergency

Article R1333-92

In the event of a situation of long-term exposure to radioactive substances resulting from a radiological emergency, the representative of the State in the département, after obtaining the opinion of…

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