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Showing 45814590 of 21317 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 13 January 1993

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…or prohibitions referred to in 1°, 2°, 3°, 3° bis, 7°, 8°, 9°, 12°, 12° bis, 14° and 17° of Article 138 and in Article 138-3 of this code as well as the similar obligations and prohibitions set out in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-10

…posts of the public territorial establishment, article 53 of the aforementioned law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984, with the exception of the time requirements provided for in the first sentence of its…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article R5125-33-5

…ts dispense medicinal products in application of II of this article, the provisions of articles R. 5132-9, R. 5132-10, R. 5132-12, R. 5132-13, R. 5132-14 and R. 5134-1 apply. The pharmacist shall indi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 1

…he minutes of the general meeting and a summary of unpaid amounts for each co-owner. (2) Article L. 1331-29 III and articles R. 1331-6 to R. 1331-8 of the Public Health Code for insalubrity; article L…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-14

…in economic interest groups, public interest groups or companies; 12° The creation of subsidiaries; 13° Acceptance of gifts and bequests other than those consisting of works or objects intended for in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 730-2

…or criminal imprisonment equal to or exceeding ten years for an offence mentioned in Article 706-53-13, parole cannot then be granted: 1° Only by the sentence enforcement court, regardless of the leng…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-16

…e contrôle prudentiel et de résolution has determined that the conditions set out in Article L. 517-13 are not fulfilled or have ceased to be fulfilled in order to ensure or restore, depending on the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: "My Training Activity" information system

Article R6351-18

…access to all or part of the personal data included in the processing mentioned in Article R. 6351-13, under the conditions laid down by the data controller, by virtue of their respective responsibil…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-12

…ion in writing, pass on only one surname to their children. Where the last paragraph of article 342-13 is applied and the child's filiation is modified as a result, the public prosecutor shall change…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-11

…y professional secrecy, under the conditions and subject to the penalties laid down in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code.

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