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Showing 14711480 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
Chapter Ia: Harm reduction

Article R3411-18

An order by the Minister for Health defines the procedures for granting aid to those responsible for placing prevention kits on the market, as well as the maximum price for placing on the market and t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 18

…ee in the Conseil d'Etat. When the requisitions issued by the public prosecutor pursuant to article 78-7 expressly provide for it, these officers or agents of the judicial police are competent to use…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 6: Referral to advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article D2197-15

Referrals to the committee may be made by the purchaser or by the contract holder.Referrals shall be made by means of a detailed note setting out the grounds for the dispute and, where appropriate, th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Placement under house arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-15

…onic surveillance, the person shall be subject to the automated processing provided for by articles 763-12 of this code and R. 544-18 et seq. of the Penitentiary Code. Articles R. 61-21 to R. 61-31-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Freedom to provide services within the territory of Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L420-18

…n which it intends to provide means of access to the trading platform it operates. The Autorité des marchés financiers shall communicate this information to the competent authority of the State concer…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-15

…as are necessary to provide each partner with a copy and to comply with the provisions of l'article 7 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 et à celles de la présente sous-section.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1540

In the event of conciliation, even partial conciliation, a statement of agreement may be drawn up and signed by the parties and the conciliator. The conciliation may also be recorded in a statement si…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-15

…ceive, at the time of donation, the information provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 as well as information on the limitations on their rights provided for in III. B…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-18

In cases other than that provided for in Article 696-17, extradition is authorised by decree of the Prime Minister issued on the report of the Minister of Justice. If, within one month of notification…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 187-1

…judge who replaces him or her may, if he or she considers that the conditions laid down in article 144 have not been met, reverse the order of the juge des libertés et de la détention and order the re…

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