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Showing 68416850 of 36276 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 5-9-2012 n° 11-23.209

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-5

Within the framework of the quality of care or professional practice guidelines mentioned in 2° of Article L. 1414-3-3, the bodies approved by the Haute Autorité de santé are responsible for : 1° Exam…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-5

Failure by any person exploiting a medicinal product or product to notify the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé of any prohibition or restriction imposed by the compe…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-52

The person in charge of the test verifies, by any means, the identity of the athlete being tested, if necessary with the assistance in particular of:the anti-doping delegate provided for in article L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article R612-59

When the AMF intends to appoint an additional auditor pursuant to Article L. 612-43, it shall send the draft decision to the person subject to AMF supervision and to the auditors in office. The latter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products

Article L5541-5

Articles L. 5127-2 first paragraph, L. 5411-1, L. 5411-2, L. 5411-3, L. 5412-1, L. 5413-1 and L. 5425-1 are applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia, subject to the following amendments: a) In…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Guardianship arrangements.

Article R712-5

I.-The decision to suspend or dissolve the bureau alone or the general meeting and the bureau of a public establishment of the network provided for by article L. 712-9 is taken by order of the supervi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates

Article L313-5

The definition of the usury rate is set out in articles L. 314-6 to L. 314-9 of the French Consumer Code, reproduced below: "Art. L. 314-6- A usurious loan is any contractual loan granted at an overal…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title: XIV: Measures to protect victims of violence

Article 515-13

A protection order may also be issued urgently by the judge to an adult threatened with forced marriage, under the conditions set out in Article 515-10.The judge is competent to take the measures ment…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-58

The fees provided for in this section are : 1° In the case of emoluments, are affected by a coefficient equal to 1 or 5/ 7e respectively, depending on whether they apply to a deed received en minute o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Visits and seizures

Article L512-56

Visit and seizure operations may not be started before 6 a.m. or after 9 p.m.However, authorised agents may, when the needs of the investigation so require, carry out these operations outside these ho…

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