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Showing 67216730 of 40190 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-6-1971

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Electronic identification of users of digital health services

Article L1470-4

The provision of electronic means of identification is subject to the prior registration of professionals in the sector reference directory of natural persons or in the sector reference directory of l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory

Article R631-4

The Governor of the Banque de France sends his proposals under 4°, 4° bis, 4° ter and 5° of Article L. 631-2-1 to the Chairman of the Financial Stability Board, who places them on the agenda for the n…

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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 Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 6: Suspension of the procedure for examining applications for business authorisations provided for in article L. 752-1-2

Article R752-29-4

The communications provided for in articles R. 752-29-2 and R. 752-29-3 between the prefect, on the one hand, and the presidents of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7a: Joint investigation teams

Article 67 ter A

I. - 1. With the prior agreement of the Minister for Justice and the consent of the other Member State(s) concerned, the public prosecutor may authorise, for the purposes of a customs procedure, the c…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Register of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R134-4

The rights of access and rectification provided for in articles 105 and 106 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 may be exercised by contacting the President of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4331-4

The conditions under which exemptions from teaching, training periods and tests may be granted by way of derogation from the provisions of article D. 4331-6 are set by order of the Minister for Health…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Introduction of profit-sharing.

Article L3312-4

The sums allocated to the beneficiaries in application of the profit-sharing agreement or in respect of the profit-sharing supplement mentioned in article L. 3314-10 are excluded from the basis of ass…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Probationary measures

Article R615-4

The seizure, whether descriptive or real, provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 615-5 shall be ordered by the president of one of the judicial courts referred to in Article D. 631-2, with…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Purchasing pooling

Article L2313-4

The provisions of articles L. 2113-6 to L. 2113-8 relating to grouped orders and the provisions of article L. 2113-9 relating to transnational joint entities apply.

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