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Showing 10311040 of 59417 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-1-1997 n° 9

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-production production aid commissions

Article 411-93

The pre-production support commission for first works is made up of seven members, including a chairman and a vice-chairman, appointed for a renewable term of one year.The pre-production support commi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automated processing of personal data known as "Therapeutic Use Exemptions for Sportsmen and Sportswomen".

Article R232-85-8

The information and personal data recorded in the automated processing may not be kept for more than eighteen months from the expiry of the period of validity of the authorisation. However, in the eve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Medicinal products for which prescription is reserved for certain specialist doctors.

Article R5121-91

…ave been awarded a specialist qualification under the conditions set out in decree no. 2004-252 of 19 March 2004 relating to the conditions under which doctors of medicine may obtain a specialist qual…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Medicinal products for which prescription is reserved for certain specialist doctors.

Article R5121-90

A medicinal product may only be classified as a prescription-only medicine if the restrictions on prescribing are justified by the constraints involved in implementing the treatment, having regard to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Medicinal products for which prescription is reserved for certain specialist doctors.

Article R5121-92

The marketing authorisation, the early access authorisation under 1° of II of article L. 5121-12 or the compassionate access authorisation under II of article L. 5121-12-1 or the compassionate prescri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 804

…the sole exceptions:1° For New Caledonia and French Polynesia, from the fifth paragraph of Article 398 and Articles 529-3 to 529-6 and article 706-157 which is applicable in these local authorities as…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-9-1

The judge sets the duration of this enjoyment for a maximum of six months. Where the property belongs to the parents in joint ownership, the measure may be extended, at the request of either parent, i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Reporting healthcare-associated infections

Article R1413-82

…the Regional Health Agency acknowledges receipt of the declaration received under Article R. 1413-79 and ensures that it is forwarded to the support centre for the prevention of healthcare-associated…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Reporting healthcare-associated infections

Article R1413-80

The declaration mentioned in article R. 1413-79 includes: 1° The nature of the infection and the dates and circumstances of its occurrence or, failing this, of its discovery; 2° A mention of the inves…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Reporting healthcare-associated infections

Article R1413-81

In each medico-social establishment or service or autonomous cosmetic surgery facility, the legal representative of the establishment organises the collection of reports relating to healthcare-associa…

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