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Showing 21512160 of 36780 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 14 March 1968 · Cass. 3e civ. 10 November 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 September 2010 · Cass. com. 14 December 1993 · Cass. 3e civ. 17 June 1975 · Cass. 3e civ. 30 January 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 July 2008

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-30

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 1123-15 to L. 1123-20, the provisions of this chapter apply to clinical investigations which are classified as national defence secrets within the meaning of a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Withdrawal of communes.

Article L5212-30

…which the union is a member under the conditions set out in the third paragraph of article L. 5211-19. The provisions of this article only apply to communes that have been members of the union concern…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Medical and psychological emergency units

Article R6311-30

…it provides : 1° Technical support for the regional health agency in the zone defined in article L. 1435-2 in drawing up the medico-psychological section of the zonal mobilisation plan mentioned in ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Xa: Health charges on fishery and aquaculture products

Article 302 bis WA

…antity not exceeding that provided for in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3703/85 of 23 December 1985 laying down detailed implementing rules concerning the common marketing standards for…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Proof of nationality before the courts

Article 30-2

…possession of French status.The French nationality of persons born in Mayotte, who were of age on 1 January 1994, will be subsidiarily held to be established if these persons have consistently enjoyed…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
15°: Requisitions

Article 1048

I. - In accordance with the first paragraph of Article L. 2234-24 of the Defence Code, deeds relating to the settlement of compensation following requisitions are exempt from registration duties. II.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 159

The investigating judge appoints the expert responsible for carrying out the expert examination. If the circumstances justify it, he appoints several experts.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 156

Any investigating or trial court, where a technical question arises, may, either at the request of the public prosecutor or of its own motion, or at the request of the parties, order an expert report.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 157

…e of the lists drawn up by the Courts of Appeal under the conditions provided for by the loi n° 71-498 du 29 juin 1971 relative aux experts judiciaires. Exceptionally, the courts may, by reasoned deci…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 158

The mission of the experts, which can only be to examine technical issues, is specified in the decision ordering the expertise.

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