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Showing 111120 of 42718 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 18-3-1992 n° 90-15.686

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application.

Article R1333-90

I.-The provisions of this section apply to the actions mentioned in 2° of Article L. 1333-1 and to the decisions mentioned in Article L. 1333-3 to prevent or reduce a risk related to situations of lon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6152-902

Associate practitioners perform preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic functions and, where appropriate, medical biology procedures. Holders of a diploma in pharmacy perform either the duties defined…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 900-1

Inalienability clauses affecting donated or bequeathed property are only valid if they are temporary and justified by a serious and legitimate interest. Even in this case, the donee or legatee may be…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Implementation procedures and specifications for the supported employment scheme

Article D5213-90

I.-The managing legal entity responsible for implementing the supported employment scheme complies with a set of specifications defined, for each managing entity, by the regional health agency, in con…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 900-4

The judge hearing the application for revision may, depending on the case and even of his own motion, either reduce the quantity or periodicity of the benefits encumbering the gift, or modify its purp…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-90

The work involved in creating digital subtitling and audio description files and adapting said files to any digital broadcast medium includes:1° Writing the subtitle and audio description texts;2° Int…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Enforcement of European protection orders in the Member States of the European Union pursuant to Directive 2011/99/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the European protection order

Article 696-90

A European protection order may be issued by the competent authority of a Member State, called the issuing State, for the purpose of extending to the territory of another Member State, called the exec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-90

To obtain the agreement mentioned in article L. 3142-89, the reservist employee shall submit his request in writing to his employer, indicating the date and duration of the planned absence. In the abs…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Searches

Article 706-90

If the needs of the preliminary investigation relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6152-903

No person may be covered by the present statute : 1° If he does not enjoy his civic rights in the State of which he is a national ; 2° If he has been convicted of an offence incompatible with the perf…

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