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Showing 30413050 of 35573 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 30-4-2003 n° 525

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Pseudonymous investigations

Article 230-46

Only for the purpose of establishing crimes and offences punishable by imprisonment committed via electronic communications, and where justified by the requirements of the investigation or enquiry, of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks and composition of the national order and the national council.

Article L4231-4

The Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens is composed of twenty-six members: 1° Two professors or senior lecturers from pharmacy training and research units who are active pharmacists, appointed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health policy.

Article L1411-4

The High Council for Public Health is responsible for: 1° To contribute to the development, annual monitoring and multi-year assessment of the national health strategy; 2° To provide the public author…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R771-4

For the application of this Title in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin:1° The branch manager of the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer in Guadeloupe is a member of the commission in plac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: MUNICIPAL ASSETS

Article R2241-4

When the price of acquisitions of real estate, real property rights or businesses made under the rules of common law by municipalities and their public establishments gives rise to reinvestment in rea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Informing the authorities about risk prevention

Article R4411-45

The body referred to in Article L. 4411-4 is authorised to provide the labour inspection officers referred to in Article L. 8112-1, the labour inspection doctors referred to in Article L. 8112-1, to a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Development Council

Article R6231-4

The Development Committee examines and discusses issues relating to the organisation and operation of the apprentice training centre, in particular : 1° The apprentice training centre's educational pr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Beneficiaries

Article L434-4

Family reunification may be applied for in respect of the applicant's children under the age of eighteen and those of the applicant's spouse, who are entrusted, as appropriate, to one or the other, by…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-4

The patent application may relate to only one invention or to a plurality of inventions linked together in such a way that they form a single general inventive concept. Any application which does not…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixing procedures.

Article L3232-4

The minimum monthly remuneration is reduced accordingly when : 1° During the month in question, the employee has worked fewer hours than the legal weekly working time in the event of suspension of the…

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