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Showing 81718180 of 59417 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-1-1997 n° 9

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article R940-1

…020-1616 of 17 December 2020, with the exception of Articles R. 721-7 to R. 722-6, R. 722-8, R. 722-9, R. 722-11 to R. 722-17, R. 723-4, R. 723-9 to R. 723-31.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transmission to the personal training account information system of information relating to holders of qualifications registered in national registers

Article R6113-17-1

The information relating to holders of professional qualifications registered in the national register of professional qualifications referred to in Article L. 6113-5 and qualifications or authorisati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-15

…n article L. 4211-1 of the Defence Code or required in application of articles L. 3131-8 or L. 3131-9 and having completed their second year of the second cycle of pharmacy studies may carry out the t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-14

…and the content of the application for modification of the research provided for in article L. 1123-9; 6° The time limit within which the sponsor must submit its observations to the competent authorit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Penalties (R).

Article R1611-13

…rder, the statement drawn up under the conditions defined in the third paragraph of article R. 1611-9 ;- not to send to the commission provided for in article R. 1611-12 a copy of the certificate of a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 180-1

…r electronic surveillance or judicial supervision shall end unless the third paragraph of Article 179 is applied.The committal order states that if the appearance procedure on prior recognition of gui…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Destination of ashes

Article L2223-18-1-1

I.- Regardless of their origin, metals resulting from cremation are not treated in the same way as the ashes of the deceased. These metals are recovered by the crematorium operator for transfer, wheth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to canvass.

Article D341-12

…ect marketing activity;5° The nature of the transactions, services or supplies, as defined in 1° to 9° of Article L. 341-1, for which the direct seller has received instructions from his employer or p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Issue of residence permits

Article R233-13

European Union citizens mentioned in 3° of article L. 233-1 who have established their habitual residence in France for less than five years are issued, at their request, with a residence permit beari…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Administrative detention

Article L751-10

The non-negligible risk of leakage referred to in article L. 751-9 may, except in special circumstances, be regarded as established in the following cases:1° The foreign national has previously evaded…

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