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Showing 661670 of 50246 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 18-2-2009 n° 08-10.677

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Scientific Council.

Article R5322-18

The Board comprises : 1° Ten members, appointed for a renewable period of three years by order of the Minister for Health on the basis of their scientific expertise in the field of health products, on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Disputes.

Article R2362-18

The court with jurisdiction to rule on a challenge to the appointment and election of the members of the special negotiating body is that in whose jurisdiction is situated either the registered office…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-18

I.-The persons authorised to access the processing for the purposes of consulting, recording and modifying data are the Commission's authorised agents and, where applicable, subcontractors recruited u…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Membership rules

Article D3141-18

The Minister for Labour authorises the funds to operate in a specific territorial area after verifying that the number of employees who must be declared to the fund justifies its establishment.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article R321-18

Any member of a collective management organisation may, in addition, within the period set out in article L. 326-5, ask the organisation to send it: 1° The annual accounts that will be submitted to th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mission to encourage the development of legal supply and to monitor the lawful and unlawful use of works and objects protected by copyright or neighbouring rights on electronic communications networks

Article L331-18

I.-The Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique (Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority) shall assess the level of effectiveness of the measures taken…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-18

By way of derogation from article R. 142-16, for the exclusive purposes of carrying out their duties, staff responsible for searching for and checking the identity of persons, verifying the validity a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R121-18

The duties of a member of the Board of Directors of the Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration are not remunerated.However, the chairman receives a functional allowance, the amount of wh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Modification or release from house arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-18

Copies of the decisions of the head of the prison or the director of the prison integration and probation service modifying the hours of presence at home or in the places of assignment shall be sent w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Radiation protection advisor

Article R1333-18

I.-The person responsible for a nuclear activity shall appoint at least one radiation protection advisor to assist and advise on all matters relating to the radiation protection of the general public…

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