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Showing 981990 of 35376 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 29-4-2009 n° 08-13.308

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compliance visit.

Article D6322-48

The compliance visit provided for in Article L. 6322-1 shall take place within two months of the authorisation holder informing the Director General of the Regional Health Agency that it is in a posit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-4

…r du ministère public agissant sous son autorité; 2° En application du 11° de l'article 4 du décret n° 2009-707 du 16 juin 2009 modififié relatif aux services déconcentrés de la direction générale des…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-4

LIST OF MEDICINAL PRODUCTS AND MEDICAL DEVICES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES D. 4151-31 TO D. 4151-34Table I LIST OF THERAPEUTIC CLASSES OR MEDICINAL PRODUCTS AUTHORISED TO MIDWIVES FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL U…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common law provisions.

Article R312-4-4

I. - The concepts of recurring transfers and regular transfers referred to in article L. 312-1-7 refer to any transaction credited to the customer's account by the same issuer at least twice during th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-4-4

The information document provided for in IV of Article 3 of Order no. 2014-696 of 26 June 2014 contains the information set out in the attached model. Annex to article A. 132-4-4 of the French Insuran…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Part-time work.

Article L212-4-4

An agreement or an extended collective branch agreement or a company or establishment agreement may reduce the period provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 212-4-3, within which the employ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2573-41

…are replaced by the words: "centre de gestion et de formation créé par l'article 30 de l'ordonnance n° 2005-10 du 4 janvier 2005 portant statut général des fonctionnaires des communes et des groupemen…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Consent to adoption

Article 348-4

Consent to the adoption of children under the age of two is valid only if the child has actually been handed over to the child welfare service, except in cases where there is a relationship of kinship…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation for detention

Article 149-4

The procedure before the first president of the court of appeal and the national commission, which rule as civil courts, is laid down by a decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment with subrogation

Article 1346-4

Subrogation transfers to its beneficiary, within the limit of what he has paid, the claim and its accessories, with the exception of rights exclusively attached to the person of the creditor.However,…

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