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Showing 72117220 of 55438 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-2-2009 n° 08-10.723

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: National health identifier

Article R1111-8-4

The use of health data and administrative data referenced with the national health identifier is only authorised as part of personal data processing if the following two conditions are met:1° The purp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D47-11-4

In order to allow the public prosecutor to notify the head of the prison in accordance with articles D. 77 and D. 158, the family court judge or the children's judge shall inform this magistrate of de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from weekly working hours

Article D5132-43-10

In application of the provisions of article L. 5132-15-1, the diagnosis of the situation of persons likely to benefit from working less than twenty hours establishes that their particularly serious di…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the Roll of the Association.

Article D4323-1-4

For the application of the provisions of article D. 4323-1-3, the information collected and sorted by the Order of chiropodists is kept by it for a period corresponding to the period of provisional re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L72-103-4

When voting on the budget or an amending decision, the Assembly of Martinique may vote on programme authorisations and commitment authorisations for unforeseen expenditure in the investment section an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from weekly working hours

Article D5132-43-9

When an employer plans to conclude employment contracts that derogate, for all of its eligible employees, from the minimum weekly working time of twenty hours, it must provide the Prefect with: 1° A d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-40-5

Prisoners suffering from the mental disorders referred to in article L. 3214-3 may not be kept in a prison. On the basis of a detailed medical certificate and in accordance with the legislation in for…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 211-20

The total amount of aid granted for the production of a given feature film may not:1° Exceed 50% of the final production cost of this work and, in the case of an international co-production, 50% of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Local experimental protocols

Article L4011-4-1

Healthcare professionals practising within the systems referred to in articles L. 1411-11-1 or L. 1434-12, who are signatories to an interprofessional agreement with the health insurance organisations…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable before the Court of Cassation

Article R*49-30

The parties have a period of one month from the decision to refer the question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation to make known any observations they may have before the Court. They are sig…

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