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Showing 981990 of 57027 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 5 November 1997 · Cass. 3e civ. 5 January 2017 n° 15-12.605 · Cass. com. 3 December 2003 · Cass. 3e civ. 18 April 2019 n° 18-10.883 · Cass. 1re civ. 12 December 2000 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 February 2011 · Cass. 1re civ. 6 June 2018 n° 17-17.438

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for the departure from national territory of human body parts or products mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 when they do not have the authorisation mentioned in Article L. 1243-2

Article R1245-18

…the end of these maximum four months, when, in application of the last paragraph of I of Article L. 1245-5, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de sa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article R533-18

I. - The rules limiting the number of directorships provided for in II to IV of article L. 533-26 apply within an investment firm that meets one of the following conditions:1° The balance sheet total,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-18

…n of the blood transfusion organisation plan drawn up under the conditions laid down by articles R. 1224-1 to R. 1224-4.II - When changes in fact or in law are likely to call into question the blood t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Court Registrars.

Article R741-18

If a member of the National Council ceases to hold office before the expiry of his term of office, he shall be replaced within a period of three months; the duties of the new member shall end when tho…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers.

Article R2334-18

…other hand, defines, where necessary, the terms and conditions for the application of Articles R. 2334-14 to R. 2334-17, and in particular the terms and conditions for the recovery of undue payments…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational conditions for medically assisted procreation activities

Article R2142-18

The multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team referred to in Article L. 2141-2 is composed, for clinical activities involving medically assisted procreation, of at least : 1° A doctor qualifi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the practice of the profession.

Article R4342-18

Only persons who meet the conditions laid down in Article L. 4342-2 for the practice of the profession of orthoptist may use the title of orthoptist.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Adaptation of individual monitoring of workers' state of health

Article R4624-18

All night workers referred to in Article L. 3122-5 and all workers under the age of eighteen are entitled to an information and prevention visit by a health professional referred to in the first parag…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financing (R).

Article R4433-18

…and Réunion for the establishment of the regional development schemes provided for in Articles L. 4433-7 to L. 4433-11, L. 4433-15 and L. 4433-16 are deducted from the remaining 15% of the special ass…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: People's savings plan

Article L221-18

…o management companies or institutions carrying out provident operations and covered by article L. 731-1 of the Social Security Code or article 1050 of the Rural Code (1), to the reimbursement of sums…

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