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Showing 60316040 of 22854 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Sept. 2013 – no. 12-21.089

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6152-501

The doctors, odontologists and pharmacists mentioned in 2° of article L. 6152-1 may be recruited as hospital assistants under the conditions defined by this section: 1° In public health establishments…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5215-32

…ect of the authority to organise the public distribution of electricity mentioned in l'article L. 2224-31, provided that this competence is not already exercised by an authority mentioned in article L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article L1223-1

…ion and elements provided on the occasion of the transfusion advice provided for in article R. 1222-24 ; 3° Correspondence, accompanied where appropriate by any non-promotional documents, required to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-15-1

…f Resolution may, under the same conditions as in the second to fourth paragraphs of Article L. 612-24, require any person mentioned in I and, where applicable, II of Article L. 613-34, as well as any…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-26

…with this asset;2° They give rise to the delivery or transfer of assets mentioned in article L. 214-24-55, including in the form of cash;3° They fulfil the criteria applicable to over-the-counter fina…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-13

The opinion of the College provided for in article L. 1142-24-5 specifies, for each head of loss, the circumstances, causes, nature and extent of the damage suffered and its assessment of the liabilit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-19

…vention, the fund shall inform the depositor of the declaration procedures set out inarticle L. 622-24 of the French Commercial Code and decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 relating to the receiver…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-1-2

Persons sentenced to a custodial sentence for one or more of the offences mentioned in articles 221-3,221-4,222-3,222-8,222-10,222-12,222-14-1,222-14-5and 222-15-1 of the Penal Code to the detriment o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline.

Article L4234-3

Constituted as a disciplinary chamber, the regional council is chaired by a serving or honorary member of the body of councillors of the administrative courts and administrative courts of appeal appoi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Poisonous substances.

Article L5432-2

I. - The following offences are punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €375,000: manufacturing, importing, exporting, transporting, offering, transferring, acquiring, possessing, using i…

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