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Showing 17711780 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 I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-18

…r the supervision of the Conseil national, the general powers of the ordre, as listed in article L. 4321-14. It decides on entries on the roll. It authorises the President of the Association to instit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-18

…h establishment or an element of the armed forces health service within the meaning of Article L. 6147-7 ;2° Or, for reasons related to the patient's state of health, in categories of premises that me…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-18

The warning distance separating the victim from the person placed under judicial supervision, expressed as a whole number of kilometres, may not be less than one kilometre or more than ten kilometres.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals authorised to reside in France under family reunification arrangements

Article L423-18

When a foreign national has been subjected to family or domestic violence and the cohabitation relationship has been broken off, the administrative authority may not withdraw the residence permit of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-18

The endorsement must be pure and simple. Any condition to which it is subject is deemed unwritten. Partial endorsement is null and void. The endorsement of the drawee is also null and void. A bearer e…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-18

The person concerned and, where applicable, his or her counsel may consult the entire file at the Agency's secretariat. They may obtain a copy. The member of the Board or the agent appointed in applic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-18

…ctice standard relating to going concern, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: NEP-570. GOING CONCERN Introduction 1. In preparing its accounts, an entity is presumed to be continuing…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Commencement of duties.

Article R6152-15

Practitioners appointed under 4° or 5° of article R. 6152-7 are classified in the post of hospital practitioner, taking into account :1° The legal length of national service and compulsory military se…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4451-15

…alline lens: 15 millisieverts per year; 3° For the extremities and skin: 50 millisieverts per year; 4° For the radon activity concentration in the air for the occupational activities mentioned in 4° o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article R423-18

The Chairman of the Regulatory Control Commission represents the Commission. He shall sign the Committee's decisions. He/she signs the briefs submitted in the context of legal appeals lodged against t…

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