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Showing 971980 of 30216 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 9-7-2004 n° 02-16.302

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: State diploma

Article R4151-9

The approval referred to in Article L. 4151-7 is granted for a period of five years by the President of the Regional Council to midwifery training schools whose project meets the following conditions:…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuous evaluation of the risk-benefit ratio and transmission of new data

Article R5121-74-7

In order to be able to continuously assess the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may at any…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Subscription

Article R313-9

In order to obtain validation from the mayor, the signatory of the attestation d'accueil must go in person to the town hall with one of the documents mentioned in articles R. 313-7 and R. 313-8, a doc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and activities

Article R5126-95

The internal-use pharmacy of the central armed forces pharmacy supplies the armed forces hospitals and the other elements of the armed forces health service mentioned in article L. 6147-7 as well as t…

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In force

Article Annexe 9-1

SEAT AND JURISDICTION OF THE MIXED COURTS OF COMMERCE IN THE OVERSEAS AND NEW CALEDONIA.CALÉDONIECOLLECTIVITYTRIBUNALof first instanceSEAT AND RESORT OF MIXED COURTS OF COMMERCESiègeRessortCour d'appe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Management

Article L214-98

Non-trading property investment companies and forestry savings companies are managed by a management company referred to in article L. 532-9 of the French Monetary and Financial Code. The management c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-9

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offence defined in article L. 1133-8 shall incur, in addition to the fine set…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Drawing up the electoral roll

Article R7343-9

The automated processing of personal data mentioned in Article R. 7343-3 is used to draw up the two electoral lists. The Employment Platforms Labour Relations Authority collects from the platforms ref…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-7

Any person whose identity is recorded in the file is subject, as a security measure, to the obligations set out in this article. The person is required to: 1° Provide proof of his or her address, a fi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation (R).

Article R1221-9

The national council draws up an annual report that its chairman submits to the minister responsible for local authorities. This report sets out the main developments in the training of local elected…

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