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Showing 741750 of 57821 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 3-2-2010 n° 08-21.333

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Tissue retrieval from living donors

Article R1241-3-3

In the case of living donor retrieval as provided for in Article R. 1241-3-2, the conditions for expressing consent, obtaining a retrieval authorisation and informing the Agence de la biomédecine, as…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Limitation period.

Article 351

Action by the customs authorities in respect of customs offences is time-barred in the same way and under the same conditions as public action in respect of ordinary offences. In the case of contraven…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Declarants.

Article 395

1. Signatories of declarations are liable for omissions, inaccuracies and other irregularities in the declarations, subject to recourse against their principals. 2. Where the declaration has been draw…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-3-3

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 5125-3-2, the optimal nature of the response to the needs of the resident population is assessed solely with regard to the conditions set out in…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-3-3

A Conseil d'Etat decree sets out the terms and conditions for applying articles L. 131-3-1 and L. 131-3-2. In particular, it defines the conditions under which a civil servant who is the author of a w…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Intercountry adoption, conflicts of law and the effect in France of adoptions granted abroad

Article 370-3

The conditions of adoption are subject to the national law of the adopter or, in the case of adoption by a couple, to the common national law of the two members of the couple on the day on which the a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Water and sanitation

Article R4424-32-3

When the technical assistance mission defined by article L. 3232-1-1 is provided by the Corsican local authority or one of its public establishments, the agreement provided for in article R. 3232-1-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4127-37-3

I.-At the patient's request, in the situations provided for in 1° and 2° of Article L. 1110-5-2, deep and continuous sedation causing an alteration in consciousness maintained until death, associated…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Access to documents

Article R8113-3-3

The right to obtain documents or information from third parties as defined in Article L. 8113-5-2 is exercised, in the context of an investigation into one or more offences constituting illegal employ…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-3-3

Where the addressee of the request for disclosure of information made in accordance with Articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 has not provided such information within the time limits set pursuant to the sa…

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