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Showing 57715780 of 39348 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2012 – no. 11-18.330

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-6

…conditions of leases of more than eighteen years; 13° loans; 14° the agency's internal regulations; 15° Acceptance and refusal of gifts and legacies; 16° Legal actions and settlements; 17° public trib…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Snowball sales and services

Article L132-19

…ying out a "snowball" sale or service or any similar process defined in 1° and 2° of article L. 121-15 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount of the fine may…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-12

For the application of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport, may be…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-10

…nts whose production is provided for in articles R. 623-4 to R. 623-6 as well as in articles R. 623-15, R. 623-17 and R. 623-36 must be written in the French language. The person in charge of missions…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-74

…established, a copy of this medium is placed under seal. The operations provided for in Article R. 15-33-71 and this Article may be the subject of a single report.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-16

The programme of analyses of water samples taken from production and distribution facilities may be modified by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, on his own initiative or at the requ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Common rules governing the practice of the profession

Article R4323-2-3

…ollowing adaptations: 1° In the first paragraph of Article R. 4311-105, the words: "Article L. 4311-15-1" are replaced by the words: "Article L. 4321-10-1 or Article L. 4322-2-2" and the words: "Artic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised courts

Article 706-75-2

…that are or would appear to be of great complexity, the Criminal Division of the Court of Cassation may designate the same Assize Court, otherwise composed, to hear the appeal.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-6 (art R322-29)

…spected. The various elements of this marking have substantially the same vertical dimension, which may not be less than 5 mm. This dimension may be waived for small-sized equipment.>

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Operating conditions

Article L5125-10

…ses, where appropriate, the director general of the regional health agency to issue the licence and may impose specific operating conditions.

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