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Showing 50615070 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
Subsection 2: Packaged spring waters.

Article R1321-85

Spring water may only undergo treatments or additions determined by order of the ministers responsible for consumption and health. This order lays down the technical conditions of use and, where appli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-8

Meetings of the Committee and its Section are not open to the public. Voting shall be by secret ballot by decision of the Chairman or at the request of one or more members present. In the event of a t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Non-specific pollution rooms

Article R4222-8

…not taken into account when calculating the minimum fresh air flow rate provided for in Article R. 4222-6. In the event of a breakdown in the purification or filtration system, recycling is stopped.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Measures in the event of accidents or incidents

Article R4412-83

In the event of an incident or accident likely to lead to abnormal exposure to chemical agents which are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction, only workers essential for carrying out repai…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of receipts from cinemas

Article D212-89

Within five days of the end of each cinema week, the receipts declaration form or the file used in its place shall be sent to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, to the distributors co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-8

…it may not be consulted as part of the administrative investigations provided for in Articles L. 114-1 and L. 234-1 to L. 234-3 of the Internal Security Code and the article 17-1 of Law no. 95-73 of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Capital grants (R).

Article D5212-8

…eet the conditions set by article D. 5212-9, are increased by 20% without the total grant exceeding 80% of the amount of subsidisable expenditure.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Care of prisoners

Article R6431-82

The protocol referred to in Article R. 6431-77 defines in particular, in compliance with the regulations to which the prison is subject: - the conditions under which the staff of the health agency sys…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Care of prisoners

Article R6431-83

Expenditure and revenue relating to the care provided to prisoners in prisons and to the health agency shall be recorded in the health agency's budget.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Care of prisoners

Article R6431-81

The following are covered by the State : - expenditure on prevention and health education activities ; - the travel costs of the agency's healthcare professionals working in the prison.

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