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Showing 56115620 of 49594 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-3-1998 n° 96-16.671

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Manufacture and import of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-46

Each batch of veterinary medicinal products benefiting from a marketing authorisation referred to in article L. 5141-5 or a registration referred to in article L. 5141-9 is subject to control of the f…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions specific to entry 3: "cardiac intensive care".

Article D6124-29-4

The medical permanence of the cardiology intensive care unit is ensured, outside day services, by at least : 1° The presence on site of a doctor with training or experience in critical care ; 2° An on…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-4-2

I. - The personal data and information recorded in the processing system referred to in I of article D. 5422-4 are kept for the time required:1° To process requests for reimbursement of contributions…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to samples taken for the purposes of investigating offences

Article R512-16-4

The order and delivery of the goods shall be recorded in a report containing, in addition to a description of the goods and an indication of the price paid when the order was placed, including transpo…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-9

If the person in respect of whom habilitation has been granted performs alone an act the performance of which was entrusted to the habilitated person, the act is void ipso jure without it being necess…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Crossed cheques

Article L131-45

A cheque with a general bar may only be paid by the drawee to a banker, an electronic money institution, a payment institution, a head of a postal cheque centre or a customer of the drawee. A speciall…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 498-1

For a judgment sentencing a person to a fixed term of imprisonment or a term of imprisonment suspended in part, handed down under the conditions provided for in article 410 and which has not been serv…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article L4424-40

The territorial collectivity of Corsica is substituted for the tourism offices and agency from 1 January 2003, unless the Assembly of Corsica deliberates otherwise. The territorial collectivity of Cor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5213-4

Where the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé finds that advertising for a medical device, which is not covered by the provisions of Articles R.…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-46-5

I. - Where the supervisory board is the competent authority to supervise the entity party to the agreement considering granting its support, it may authorise, prohibit or restrict the scope of a suppo…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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