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Showing 51915200 of 23134 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19-12-2007 n° 06-21.998

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions specific to the procedure for reviewing measures of complete hospitalisation without consent

Article R3211-26

The director of the establishment communicates by any means the opinion of the psychiatrist on the need to continue full hospitalisation as provided for in article L. 3211-12-4. The Court of Appeal he…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services.

Article L321-11-1

When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is informed by the supervisory authority of a host Member State where an insurance or reinsurance undertaking with its head office in France o…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-1

The purchaser may award a contract without prior publicity or competitive tendering when, due to compelling urgency resulting from external circumstances and which it could not foresee, it is not poss…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 duovicies

The amount of sums actually paid for cash subscriptions to the capital of companies mentioned in article 238 bis HO made before 1 January 2009 is deductible from overall net income; this deduction may…

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

Article R422-30

In the event of the death of a partner, the transfer period provided for in the second paragraph of l'article 24 of the law of 29 November 1966 is set at one year from the date of death. It may be ren…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-1-1

The thresholds of six months' or one year's imprisonment provided for in terms of sentence adjustment by the third paragraph of Article 132-19 and Article 132-25 of the Criminal Code, as well as by 1°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 5: Specific provisions applicable in the event of a finding that does not allow the ticket to be issued immediately and in the event of the use of a secure electronic device

Article A37-20

When a contravention has been established by a report drawn up using a secure electronic device in accordance with articles R. 49-1, D. 589-2 and A. 37-19, the fixed fine notice may indicate that the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I

Article A38-6

The fixed procedural fees provided for in the Article 1018 A of the General Tax Code shall, in accordance with the provisions of the ninth paragraph of that Article, be increased by a sum of 210 euros…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Medicinal products for which prescription is reserved for certain specialist doctors.

Article R5121-91

Classification in the category of medicinal products for which prescription is reserved for certain specialist doctors has the following effects: 1° The prescription or initial prescription of the med…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-13

I - Prior to any removal or collection of elements and products of the human body for therapeutic purposes from a living or deceased person, doctors and, in the situation referred to in IV, midwives e…

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