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Showing 55115520 of 56586 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12-1-1967 n° 65-10.196

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Medical committee.

Article D6431-18

The Health Agency's Medical Committee comprises : 1° All the heads of the Agency's medical, pharmaceutical and odontological units ; 2° A midwife appointed for a two-year term by all the midwives work…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Medical committee.

Article D6431-19

The Commission elects its Chairman and Vice-Chairman from among the practitioners mentioned in 1° of article D. 6431-18. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman are elected for a two-year term by all the membe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article L5471-1

I.-The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may impose a financial penalty on the perpetrator of a breach of the provisions of articles L. 5421-8 , L. 5422-18 , L. 5423-…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions relating to the invitation to confirm interest

Article R2131-11

The invitation referred to in article R. 2131-10 shall include at least the following information: 1° The nature and quantity of the services required. In the case of renewable contracts, it shall ind…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article D111-18

…shall ensure that the processing of personal data carried out in this context complies with the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés modifiée et préci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Powers (R)

Article R1425-16

…e access to all the documents used for the financial assessment provided for in Chapter 1 of Decree n° 96-1005 du 22 novembre 1996 relatif à l'installation des premiers conseils d'administration des s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article D784-17

…022 D. 621-29-1 No. 2020-1768 of 30 December 2020 D. 621-30 with the exception of its 1st paragraph n° 2018-1327 of 28 December 2018 II.-For the application of I, references to Regulation (EU) No 2017…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French judicial authorities of a European Investigation Order issued by another Member State

Article D47-1-19

When, for the execution of a European investigation request issued by a Member State to another Member State, a detained person must transit through national territory, such transit shall be authorise…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Terms and conditions of salaried practice

Article R4321-136-1

A salaried masseur-physiotherapist may not, under any circumstances, accept remuneration based on standards of productivity, hourly output or any other provision which would result in the limitation o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to samples taken for the purposes of investigating offences

Article R512-15

At least one of the samples shall be left with the owner or holder of the product, who shall under no circumstances alter the condition of the samples entrusted to him. The guarantee measures that may…

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