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Showing 46914700 of 23051 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 July 2007 – no. 05-19.373

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public health establishments specifically designed to receive people who have been imprisoned or placed in secure detention.

Article R6147-72

The provisions of articles L. 6146-10 and L. 6154-1 to L. 6154-6 do not apply in these establishments.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495

…ure is also applicable to the offence of defamation provided for in the Article 32 of the Law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press and the offence of insult provided for in the second to fourth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Investor protection

Article D452-2

…in approval, its managing members, within the meaning of article 5 of the aforementioned law of 1st July 1901, must meet the following conditions: 1° Be of legal age; 2° Proof of : a) either a baccala…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General authorisation conditions

Article R4211-32

…ned by articles L. 344-11 et seq. of the Research Code, public interest foundations governed by law no. 87-571 of 23 July 1987 on the development of sponsorship and associations governed by the law of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-64

…regional council shall send the National Council the information referred to in V of Article R. 823-10.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Role of local authorities

Article R5322-2

…submitted by the Prefect for the opinion of the regional joint body provided for in article L. 5312-10.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contrat jeune en entreprise.

Article D5522-6

…affiliated to the leave funds provided for in Article L. 3141-32, the amount of aid is increased by 10%.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-14-4

For the application of article R. 6523-11 to Mayotte, the words "25 km" are replaced by the words "10 km".

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-21

…their leave, interns retain their right to the full family supplement mentioned in article R. 6153-10.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative composition

Article R232-89

…ecify: 1° Those rules provided for in articles L. 232-9, L. 232-9-1, L. 232-9-2, L. 232-9-3, L. 232-10, L. 232-10-3, L. 232-10-4, L. 232-15-1 or L. 232-17 which it is presumed have been breached, as w…

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