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Showing 49414950 of 22424 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 Dec. 2003 – no. 01-11.923

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-13

…ticle 495-19, the methods of payment of the deposit, and the penalties provided for in articles 226-10and 441-1of the Penal Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R662-1-1

The precautionary measures provided for in Articles L. 621-2, L. 631-10-1, L. 651-4, L. 692-2, L. 692-4 and L. 692-9, are subject to the provisions of the regulatory part of the Code of Civil Enforcem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-14

…dverse events and reactions which are notified in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1123-10 and the procedures for such notification; 8° The procedures by which the sponsor informs the comp…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-1-2

…d correctly assess the risks involved; 2° Subscribers or members who allocate a premium of at least 100,000 euros to the acquisition of rights expressed in these units of account; 3° Or, where the uni…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Artificial baths

Article D1332-51

…cial bathing area is defined so as to guarantee a minimum volume of water accessible for bathing of 10 cubic metres per bather; 9° Any treatment of the water in the artificial bathing area is prohibit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation for creation or transfer

Article R5126-74

…half-days they are required to be present each week; 9° The number of staff other than pharmacists; 10° The number of emergency rescue vehicles for victims, the number of radiomedical vehicles and the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article A762-3

…s of information gathered from the organisers of the said events, complies with Annex II to Annex 7-10to this book.The figures for the last session, covering the net surface area of the event, the num…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Prevention

Article L232-2-1

…lleged commission of one of the violations mentioned in article L. 232-9 or in 2° of article L. 232-10;4° If the athlete has used, out-of-competition, for therapeutic reasons, a substance that is proh…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-3

…e French Construction and Housing Code, after examination of the design documents;Where applicable :10° The file relating to demountable assemblies and in particular temporary stands where the number…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-14

…after verification of the accuracy of the revenue and expenditure entries, equal to or greater than 10% of the revenue of the operating section in the case of a municipality with fewer than 20,000 inh…

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