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Showing 45414550 of 23134 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19-12-2007 n° 06-21.998

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-81

If, before the expiry of his term of office, one of the full members is no longer able, for whatever reason, to carry out his duties, his alternate is appointed in his place until the renewal of the e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L7121-16

For an artistic agent holding a live performance contractor's licence and producing a live performance to receive a commission from all the artists making up the cast of the performance, in breach of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-15

…sary to provide each partner with a copy and to comply with the provisions of l'article 7 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 et à celles de la présente sous-section.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-73

…ion nationale de l'informatique et des libertés when completing the formalities provided for by loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Municipal services

Article L2573-25

I.-The provisions of Chapter III of Title II of Book II of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand col…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-410

…overned by the decrees of 22 September 1965 relating to dental care, teaching and research centres, n° 72-360 of 20 April 1972 relating to the status of resident pharmacists of the general administrat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Special provisions

Article L1525-1

…November and 28 December 1926 and created prior to 8 July 1983, the date of publication of the loi n° 83-597 du 7 juillet 1983 relative aux sociétés d'économie mixte locales, provided they do not cha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Funding bodies

Article D214-232-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of article D. 214-232, the following securitisation undertakings are excluded from the scope of II of article L. 214-167 : 1° Economic loan funds referred to in I ofarti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the procedure for release from psychiatric care without consent

Article R3211-29

When the liberty and custody judge decides to refer the matter to himself pursuant to the last paragraph of I of article L. 3211-12, he shall give the person undergoing psychiatric care, his lawyer as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Occupational physician

Article R4626-13-1

In university hospital centres, the duties of occupational health physician may be entrusted to a university professor-hospital practitioner in occupational medicine under the conditions defined in ar…

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