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Showing 36613670 of 37028 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 May 1970

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-6

Clinical investigations in the field of dentistry may only be carried out under the direction and supervision of a dental surgeon or a doctor with appropriate experience. Clinical investigations in th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L3711-3

…tion officer of the interruption of treatment, without being bound by the provisions of article 226-13 of the Criminal Code. When the attending doctor informs the judge or probation officer, he will i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Share categories

Article L6313-4

The purpose of the skills assessments referred to in 2° of article L. 6313-1 is to enable workers to analyse their professional and personal skills as well as their aptitudes and motivations in order…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-93

…ation to refrain from entering into contact with the victim or the civil party, provided for in 9°, 13° and 19° of Article 132-45 of the Criminal Code, the sentence enforcement judge may decide, as pa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D49-87

…on to refrain from entering into contact with the victim or the civil party, in accordance with 9°, 13° and 18° of article 132-45 of the Criminal Code, the sentence enforcement judge may decide to not…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Approved federations

Article L131-12

State employees or public servants remunerated by the State may work as technical sports advisors for approved federations, in accordance with procedures defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The f…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 sexies

…e recovery of their own debts of the same nature on the basis of the legislation in force.II - They may not provide information which would reveal a business or professional secret or the disclosure o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Master and feeder UCITS

Article L214-22

…ts must be invested in shares or units of a single master UCITS or sub-fund thereof. A feeder UCITS may invest up to 15% of its assets in the following:1° Cash on an ancillary basis ;2° Financial cont…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article A212-32

…in particular:1° The maximum number of trainees in a complete training course for a session, which may be reduced depending on the location and the audience ;2° The minimum number of trainees, which…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L511-53-1

…nt supervisory functions or to their related parties are subject to appropriate documentation which may, on request, be made available to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. For the…

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