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Showing 13411350 of 47269 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 7 February 1986 · Cass. 1re civ. 4 March 1986 · Cass. com. 8 March 2017 n° 15-21.155 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 2001 · Cass. 1re civ. 27 November 2019 n° 18-18.402

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-187

…dicinal product is intended;3° The information shown on the detachable label of the outer packaging;4° The date of supply and, for blood-derived medicinal products mentioned in b of 18° of Article L.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R322-155

…ven, without the Articles of Association being able to set this fraction at more than three-tenths; 4° The basis of distribution for contracts reduced in this way, with or without exclusion of the sha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Expression of wishes relating to the end of life

Article R1111-18

…cludes: 1° The following information: a) The identification details referred to in article R. 1111-17 relating to the author of the directives; b) The identification details of the trusted support per…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-15 a (art. A322-72)

…(P5) (*)Teaching or exploration dives using air or nitroxTeaching dives with trimix or heliox up to 40 metresExploration dives with trimix or heliox to 70 metresDive directorMF1 (*) FFESSM or FSGT (*)…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L742-15

…umn of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 231-3 Order no. 2005-1278 of 14 October 2005 L. 231-4 Ordinance no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 231-5 Act 2014-1 of 2 J…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L743-15

…olumn of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 231-3 Order no. 2005-1278 of 14 October 2005 L. 231-4 Ordinance no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 231-5 Act 2014-1 of 2 J…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-4

…ticle 21 may carry out not only the identity checks provided for in the eighth paragraph of article 78-2 but also, with the agreement of the driver or owner of the luggage or, failing that, on instruc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV bis: Procedure applicable to serial or unsolved crimes

Article 706-106-4

…the purpose of tracing the possible criminal career of a person convicted of offences under Article 706-106-1 or for whom there are one or more plausible reasons to suspect that he or she has committe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Local experimental protocols

Article L4011-4-7

Within the framework of the cooperation protocols provided for in this section, delegating staff may be available to delegated staff via telehealth.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44-7

…ut forward or documents produced after the expiry of the time limits referred to in Articles R. 613-44, R. 613-44-1 and R. 613-44-6, provided that the parties have been able to discuss them in adversa…

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