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Showing 71617170 of 55438 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-2-2009 n° 08-10.723

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constituent agreement and internal regulations

Article R6132-1-4

Where provided for in the constituent agreement and with the agreement of the Chief Medical Officer of the Armed Forces Hospital, the Director of the support establishment of the regional hospital gro…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: National approval for social and family tourism organisations.

Article R*412-1

Associations and mutual societies active in the field of social and family tourism and meeting the conditions set out in article R. 412-2 may apply for national approval issued by the Minister for Tou…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings conducted by the Deputy European Public Prosecutor

Article D47-1-45

Where, in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 696-109, the Deputy European Public Prosecutor acts as Public Prosecutor before the Investigating Chamber or the Criminal App…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Undercover procedures, sound recordings and images of certain places or vehicles

Article D15-1-4

For the application of articles 694-7 and 695-2 of this code, the Minister of Justice shall give his approval after receiving the opinion of the National Director of the Judicial Police. For the appli…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-40

Information may only be transmitted to the competent services of the Member State that requested it with the prior authorisation of a magistrate whenever such authorisation is required in France to ac…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The guarantee fund for victims of terrorism and other offences.

Article R*422-8

The offer of compensation for personal injury made to the victim of an act of terrorism shall indicate the assessment made by the Fund for each head of loss and the amount of compensation due to the v…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate and the Investigating Divisions

Article D15-4-6

In the event of a request for a lawyer to be appointed ex officio made, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 113-3 or 116, before the investigating judge of a court in which there is an inves…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Interventional activity under medical imaging in neuroradiology

Article R6123-109-4

The holder of the authorisation ensures that patients are diagnosed and treated on a permanent basis, in liaison with the emergency medicine structures mentioned in article R. 6123-1, including via te…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-4-1

…idual basis, the benefits acquired in application of the third paragraph of l'article 111 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-5-4

A commission for the execution and enforcement of sentences is set up within each judicial court with the aim of: 1° exchanging information between all the players concerned on the conditions for impl…

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