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Showing 50715080 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 4: Care of prisoners

Article R6431-80

…State ensures the safety of the health agency's staff involved in the tasks defined in article R. 6431-76.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 4

Heading 4-Public procurement (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)(1) If the services relate to a building, its geographical location is indicated on one of the supporting documents attached to the mandate. >(2) Th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Support centres for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections

Article R1413-83

…ated infections is responsible for implementing the health policy guidelines defined in article L. 1411-1 , with a view to preventing healthcare-associated infections:1° Expertise and support for heal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Support centres for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections

Article R1413-84

…infections in another region to pool the performance of some of the tasks mentioned in Article R. 1413-83, with the agreement of the Director General of the relevant Regional Health Agency.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Support centres for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections

Article R1413-85

…lth Agency and the head of the centre, based on the health policy guidelines defined in article L. 1411-1. The head of the centre submits an annual activity report to the Director General of the Regio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 798

In this case, bulletins no. 2 and no. 3 of the criminal record must not mention the conviction. The judgment granting rehabilitation may, however, order that the conviction be removed from the crimina…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article R430-7

The decisions referred to in Article L. 430-5 shall be notified to the author or authors of the notification of the concentration referred to in Article L. 430-3, as well as to the Minister responsibl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 6: Financial provisions

Article L5842-7

I. - Articles L. 5211-21, L. 5211-23, L. 5211-25-1, L. 5211-26, L. 5211-27 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article L. 5211…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single section: Hospitality certificates

Article L313-8

The conditions for applying this section, in particular the conditions under which foreign nationals may be exempted from providing proof of accommodation in the case of a humanitarian stay or cultura…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions

Article L6473-8

The Minister for the Economy and Finance may grant the local authority, in the event of a temporary shortfall in the latter's cash position, advances chargeable to Treasury resources up to a maximum a…

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