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Showing 93019310 of 22424 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 Dec. 2003 – no. 01-11.923

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Access by the National Commission to information covered by medical confidentiality

Article R1142-41-1

…e communication to the National Commission for Medical Accidents, in application of article L. 1142-10, of information covered by medical confidentiality shall be the subject of a written and reasoned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Nominations.

Article R713-9

…f the group, and published with the applications pursuant to the second paragraph of article R. 713-10. The number of members of the grouping may not exceed the number of seats to be filled in the sub…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Person responsible

Article R2142-37

…to verify compliance with the provisions relating to gamete donations set out in Article L. 1244-4; 10° Ensuring the transmission to the Agence de la biomédecine, while respecting confidentiality, of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The statutory auditor's mission.

Article R823-7

In their report to the Ordinary General Meeting, the Statutory Auditors shall specify, in addition to the information provided for in Article R. 822-56 :

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-1

…CARE IN HEALTH ESTABLISHMENTS AND SOCIAL AND MEDICO-SOCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS MENTIONED IN ARTICLE R. 1110-1 Between the establishment ..., hereinafter referred to as the establishment at ..., represented…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-18

The directors are appointed by the constituent general meeting or by the ordinary general meeting. In the case provided for in Article L. 225-16, they are appointed in the Articles of Association. The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-75

The members of the supervisory board are appointed by the constituent general meeting or by the ordinary general meeting. In the case provided for in Article L. 225-16, they are appointed in the Artic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Nature of copyright

Article L111-3

Intangible property as defined by Article L. 111-1 is independent of ownership of the tangible object. As a result of this acquisition, the acquirer of this object is not invested with any of the righ…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Delimitation of the waiting area

Article L341-6

The waiting area extends from the points of embarkation and disembarkation to those where checks on persons are carried out.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-5-1

I. - Unless otherwise stipulated, the new commune or, through concordant deliberations of principle taken in the year preceding that of its creation, the communes and, where applicable, the public est…

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