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Showing 781790 of 58479 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7-1-1987 n° 85-14.930

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-38-1

Judicial supervision is suspended by any detention occurring during its execution and not resulting from a withdrawal of all or part of the duration of sentence reductions decided pursuant to article…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Therapeutic use exemptions

Article D232-73-1

The Agency acknowledges receipt of an application for a Therapeutic Use Exemption under the conditions set out in articles R. 112-4 and R. 112-5 of the Code des relations entre le public et l'administ…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Nordic cross-country skiing and related activities.

Article A212-192-7

The aptitude test is organised at national level under the responsibility of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne, site of the Centre national de ski nordique et de moyenne montagne in conjuncti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Algorithmic trading activities applicable to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-10-7

Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies which use a high-frequency algorithmic trading technique shall keep an accurate and chronological record of all orders placed, i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L2141-7-1

Every year, the employer informs the employees, by any means, of the availability of the addresses of the representative employee trade union organisations in the branch to which the company belongs o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II

Article L3232-7-1

In local authorities governed byArticle 73 of the French Constitution, as well as in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, primary schools organise awareness-raising sessions fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-7

For the sole purpose of monitoring a person who represents a serious threat to public security and order due to his or her radicalisation as a terrorist, the State representative in the department and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-7-1

Students from nursing training institutes authorised under the conditions set out in article L. 4383-3 may complete a training period in a departmental or territorial fire and rescue service, provided…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-19-7

An inter-regional council and a disciplinary chamber of first instance of the association of masseur-physiotherapists of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Corsica are responsible for masseur-physiotherap…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-7

The board of directors or management board of each of the mutual insurance companies involved in the merger shall draw up a written report which, together with the draft terms of merger and the audite…

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