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Showing 17211730 of 27005 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 6 Dec. 1994

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy

Article D1441-6

…working in the field of prevention, health promotion or health education, appointed by the Prefect. 6° College of health service providers: a) The director of the Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon public healt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical laboratory technician

Article L4352-6

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a committee composed in particular of professionals, individually authorise to practise the profession of medical laboratory technician, a n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-1

For the prosecution, investigation and trial of offences falling within the scope of article 628, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, the investigating judge and the Paris assize court exercise conc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-41

…te or on the initiative of the executing judicial authority, in the manner provided for in Article 56, by the first two paragraphs of Article 56-1, by articles 56-2, 56-3, 56-5 and 57 and by the first…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Surrender of the wanted person

Article 695-37

…quested person is still in custody, he or she shall, except where the first subparagraph of article 695-39, released automatically.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Effects of extradition

Article 696-40

…h Government has obtained the extradition of a person pursuant to the Convention of 27 September 1996 relating to Extradition between the Member States of the European Union, the person thus extradite…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF ALSACE

Article L3431-6

I.-The European Collectivity of Alsace may create a development council. The development council is consulted on the draft Alsace cross-border cooperation scheme referred to in article L. 3431-1. It m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Provisions relating to the resolution of transnational groups

Article L613-60

…er resolution authority of a decision and measures equivalent to those mentioned in I of Article L. 613-61-1 concerning the subsidiary of a group for which it is the resolution authority on a consolid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article R2123-6

…e or, where they are part of the local civil service, in application of Article 1 of decree n° 2001-623 of 12 July 2001 taken for the application of l'article 7-1 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all companies

Article R822-62

The Articles of Association may provide that any shareholder or partner sentenced to a disciplinary or criminal sanction of temporary disqualification for a period equal to or greater than three month…

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