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Showing 481490 of 36960 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2007 – no. 05-19.947

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Managing Director.

Article R5322-15

…ief Executive is the authorising officer for the revenue and expenditure of the Agency's budget. He may appoint secondary authorising officers. He may delegate his signature to staff under his authori…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-15

…tablished and legally practises the activities of a chiropodist in a Member State or a State party, may perform professional acts in France, on a temporary and occasional basis, without having to comp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Breastfeeding facilities

Article R4152-15

Children may only stay in the breastfeeding room for as long as is necessary for breastfeeding. No child suffering from or appearing to suffer from a contagious disease may be admitted to this room. M…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-15

1. The representative of the State in the département may order the closure of pubs and restaurants for a period not exceeding six months, following breaches of the laws and regulations relating to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Seizures of property

Article 706-150

…preliminary investigation, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, may order, by reasoned decision, the seizure, at the advanced expense of the Treasury, of the real e…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Personal interview

Article L531-15

The asylum seeker may attend the personal interview accompanied either by a lawyer or a representative of a human rights association, an association defending the rights of foreign nationals or asylum…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Communal property and establishments

Article L2544-15

The admission of rightful claimants may not be subject to any fee.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-15

…he perpetrator has been finally convicted, the persons mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of Article 230-13 may request the deletion of data recorded in the processing, unless the public prosecutor or magistr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Draws of lots.

Article R150-15

However, companies that print the lists referred to in article R. 150-9 in print runs and by price list and make them available free of charge to any interested party on request may publish notices in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Investments

Article R385-15

Where supplementary occupational pension funds use references to credit ratings issued by credit rating agencies within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European P…

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