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Showing 45514560 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R15-38

…rovisional authorisation, valid until the decision of the next general meeting or select committee, may be granted by the doyen of the examining magistrates, on the proposal or after the assent of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Consultation of registered information

Article R521-34

Also included in the consultation, among the registrations of maritime mortgages and seizures of ships, are those relating to ships registered in the register referred to in Article L. 5611-1 of the T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Private practice.

Article R4127-344

A midwife may not have her practice managed by another midwife.However, in the event of the death of a midwife, the departmental council may authorise another midwife to run her practice for a period…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-31

…death must provide proof of the practical experience provided for, as appropriate, in articles R. 5124-16 to R. 5124-18. Pharmacists providing a replacement for a managing or delegated pharmacist must…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Right to leave

Article D7121-35

The payment of contributions made by the employer in application of article D. 7121-44 exempts him from the payment of the compensatory leave indemnity, provided for in article L. 3141-28, in the even…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment

Article D1513-3

Article D. 1332-28 comes into force in Mayotte on 31 December 2031.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Implementation measures

Article 342

…istillers are taken in charge and their obligations, in particular those resulting from articles L. 26 and L. 32 du livre des procédures fiscales (1).(1) Annex I, art. 57 to 63, 65, 67 to 91 and livre…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1a: The European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article 344-4

…administration all the information enabling the customs debt to be notified, pursuant to Articles 102 and 103 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article D3341-3

For the application of Article D. 3133-1 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the reference to the standard set by European Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1870 of 16 October 2017 on the publication of the refe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-34

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may appoint a provisional administrator to a person that it supervises, to whom all the powers of administration, management and representatio…

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