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Showing 65916600 of 59417 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-1-1997 n° 9

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal against certain decisions of the General Rapporteur of the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-8

…ubject to the time limits for the submission and notification of pleadings provided for in Articles 978 and 982 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which are reduced to one month.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Special provisions for external radiotherapy and brachytherapy

Article R6123-93-3

The holder of the radiotherapy authorisation has the following facilities on the site: 1° A radiotherapy unit with radiotherapy equipment used for the external radiotherapy or brachytherapy treatment…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-3

The option for a beneficiary to elect to receive securities, units or shares under the conditions set out in article R. 132-5-7 is exercised by notifying the insurer of the option, to which is attache…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: National health identifier

Article R1111-8-3

The data mentioned in article R. 1111-8-2 may only be referenced using the national health identifier by the professionals, establishments, services and organisations mentioned in article L. 1110-4 an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation (R).

Article R1221-9-2

The manager of the fund for the individual right to training of local elected representatives informs the national council at least three times a year of the financial situation of this fund. On the b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation (R).

Article R1221-9-3

The National Council is informed of the cash advance agreement to the fund for the individual right to training of local elected representatives provided for in Article L. 1621-3 by the Minister respo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-9

Programme authorisations are allocated and notified to departmental prefects by the minister responsible for civil protection on the basis of the annual list of operations to be subsidised drawn up by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Courts dealing with secure detention

Article R53-8-42

The three members of the Court of Cassation who make up the national court for secure detention are appointed by the first president of this Court for a period of three years after receiving the opini…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Courts dealing with secure detention

Article R53-8-43

Appeals against decisions of the national court for secure detention are heard by the Criminal Division of the Court of Cassation.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Courts dealing with secure detention

Article R53-8-41

Decisions by the regional court for secure detention may be appealed to the national court for secure detention, which must be lodged within ten days of their notification either by the person concern…

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