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Showing 631640 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to 1°: "intensive care" and 2°: "dispensatory polyvalent intensive care

Article D6124-28-1

I. - The medical team of an intensive care unit and a polyvalent intensive care unit consists of : 1° Doctors specialising in intensive care medicine or anaesthesia ; 2° Where necessary, other special…

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

Article R214-32-28

I. - A general purpose investment fund may not grant loans or act as guarantor on behalf of third parties. It may, however, acquire financial instruments referred to in article L. 214-24-55 which are…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Examination of the appeal

Article R212-7-28

At their request, the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique will hear the mayor of the municipality in which the cinema is to be located, the author of the application for authorisation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-28

…er or of the intermediary registered on his behalf pursuant to the seventh paragraph of Article L. 228-1, by midnight (Paris time) on the second business day preceding the General Meeting, either in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-28-1

The director of the establishment may exempt a practitioner from participating in continuity of care or pharmaceutical duty under conditions defined by order of the Minister for Health.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation

Article R2333-120-28

…ensures that it operates smoothly and that court proceedings run smoothly.The head of the registry may, with the agreement of the chairman of the committee, delegate his signature, for part of his du…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article D47-28-1

…ing the hearing of the Investigating Chamber provided for by Article 706-122, experts and witnesses may be heard using a means of telecommunication, in accordance with the provisions of l'article 706-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Obtaining a speciality by a court-appointed administrator already on the list referred to in article L. 811-2

Article R811-28-5

…' professional practice in the speciality applied for, attested by a knowledge control examination, may have the mention of that speciality entered on the list provided for in Article L. 811-2.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-28-1

…rding ongoing compliance with the conditions mentioned in b, c and d of II of Article R. 356-24, it may ask the group supervisor to verify compliance with these conditions.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-11

…nfidence that the person or entity that requests it, and more generally any interested third party, may place in its work. Applying these rules enables the statutory auditor to fulfil the duties of hi…

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