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Showing 811820 of 33065 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 6-7-1982 n° 1162

French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Prevention of offences committed via the Internet

Article 67 D-6

When customs officers find that an offence referred to in article 414 of the present code or an offence of distance selling or purchasing of tobacco referred to in 10° ofarticle 1810 of the General Ta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-6

The freezing order and the certificate shall, subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, be transmitted directly by the judicial authority of the issuing State to the judicial authority of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions.

Article D711-67-6

Each year, the public establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry draw up an activity report, which they publish on their website.They transmit to CCI France, under the conditio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Vigilance relating to health products

Article R1413-61-6

I.-The Director General of the Regional Health Agency organises vigilance missions relating to health products at regional level. To this end: 1° After obtaining the opinion of the Director General of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Certification of the accounts of public health institutions

Article R6145-61-6

The director of each public health institution whose accounts have been certified by one or more auditors shall forward the report drawn up by the certifier, together with the decision on the accounts…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 668

Any judge or adviser may be challenged for the following reasons: 1° If the judge or his spouse or his partner linked by a civil solidarity pact or his cohabitee are relatives or allies of one of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 708

Enforcement of the sentence or sentences handed down at the request of the public prosecutor takes place when the decision has become final. However, the time limit for appeal granted to the public pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publication of compassionate access authorisations

Article R5121-74-11

Any measures taken by the holder of the exploitation rights to disseminate any information relating to the compassionate access authorisation from which it benefits to the healthcare professionals con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publication of compassionate access authorisations

Article R5121-74-10

I.-The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé publishes, on the Agency's website, a reference database of medicinal products which are the subject…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R822-77

As an exception to articles 22, 24 and 26 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 relatif à l'application de la loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant le titre IX du livre III du code civil, la société…

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