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Showing 56715680 of 59417 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-1-1997 n° 9

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Harm reduction

Article L3411-8

I.-The aim of the harm reduction policy for drug users is to prevent health, psychological and social damage, the transmission of infections and death by overdose associated with the use of psychoacti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-9 (art. A212-136)

WORK PLACEMENT AGREEMENT Article 1 This agreement has been drawn up between: 1. the teaching or training structure approved by the regional director of youth, sport and community life (name of the str…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-46

The information transmitted by the departments or units mentioned in Article 695-9-31 to the competent services of a Member State shall also be transmitted to the Eurojust Agency and the Europol unit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the preparation of preventive resolution plans

Article L311-8

I.-The collège de résolution shall draw up individual or group preventive resolution plans only for persons required to draw up a preventive recovery plan pursuant to the provisions of I of Article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Regional and interregional councils

Article D4311-86

For the renewal by half of the regional or inter-regional councils, the composition of each of the fractions is determined as follows: 1° For councils composed of two pairs of self-employed nurses, on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Renegotiation clause

Article L441-8

…mon organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007, contracts with a performance perio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte Regional Health Agency

Article D1446-8

…y on the proposal of the Departmental Council for Citizenship and Autonomy mentioned inArticle L. 149-1 of the Social Action and Family Code, if it is consulted.3° The college of social partners compr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The multi-disciplinary committee for security measures and assessment of dangerousness

Article R61-8

The multidisciplinary commission for security measures is composed of: 1° A chamber president at the court of appeal appointed for a five-year term by the first president of the court of appeal within…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health policy.

Article L1411-8

Any health professional, regardless of the type of practice, health establishments and medico-social establishments, the armed forces health service and any other care or prevention organisations may,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Cooperation between Asset Recovery Offices of the Member States in tracing and identifying the proceeds of crime or other crime-related property pursuant to Council Decision 2007/845/JHA of 6 December 2007

Article 695-9-53

This section shall apply to the exchange of information referred to in Article 695-9-51 between French asset recovery offices and the competent authorities of States party to any convention containing…

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