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Showing 69516960 of 38470 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 20 May 2014 – no. 13-16.398

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

Article D49-86

…9°, 11°, 12°, 13°, 18°, 18° bis of article 132-45 of the same code. The sentence enforcement judge may order the suspension of the sentence of home detention under electronic surveillance for family,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Chief Executive Officer

Article R1418-15

…° of article R. 1418-13. It is the authorising officer for the Agency's revenue and expenditure. He may appoint secondary authorising officers. The Director General may delegate his signature to those…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-16

The application for marketing authorisation is accompanied by a dossier containing : 1° The administrative information required to examine the application ; 2° Scientific documentation demonstrating t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R365-4

…8° In article R. 313-4, the words: "on mainland France or in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Reunion" are replaced by the words: "on the territory of French Polynesia". 9° Article R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special financial provisions applicable to public health establishments in Mayotte

Article L6416-4

The total amount of the annual allocations paid by the Mayotte social security fund is financed, on the one hand, by the proceeds of the contribution to the Mayotte sickness and maternity insurance sc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Preparation and implementation (R)

Article R1614-50

…ing distributed as follows: a) 40% based on the population of each department and the Department of Mayotte; b) 40% based on the number of dwellings shown on building permits issued during the last th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article R3262-46

…ovisions of articles R. 3262-1, R. 3262-2, R. 3262-4 to R. 3262-11, R. 3262-16, R. 3262-17, R. 3262-20 to R. 3262-25, R. 3262-33 to R. 3262-35 and R. 3262-37 to R. 3262-39 , as well as to obstruction…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation prior to a radiological emergency

Article R4451-99

…ked to occupational exposure due to the actions mentioned in article R. 4451-96 is likely to exceed 20 millisieverts during the radiological emergency; 2° To the "second group" when the worker does no…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-18

…with the rules of good practice laid down under the conditions referred to in 3° of Article R. 5139-20 and designed to guarantee biological safety and security. The following definitions apply 1° Biol…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Service of documents in ordinary form.

Article 670-3

Where, for service abroad carried out at the behest of the court registry, a translation of the document, or of any other document, appears necessary, the translator shall be requested by the director…

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