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Showing 91319140 of 24710 articles for Art. Cass. com. 13-11-1962 n° 60-10.147

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-9-2

By way of derogation from 1° and 4° of Article L. 4211-1 and in the context of the research referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 1121-1, the manufacture, import, export, distribution and u…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER Ia : The regional plan for economic development, innovation and internationalisation

Article L4251-15

The guidelines of the regional economic development, innovation and internationalisation plan applicable to the territory of a metropolitan area mentioned in Chapter VII of Title I of Book II of Part…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-2

The prescription of a proprietary medicinal product shall mention its active ingredients, designated by their international non-proprietary name recommended by the World Health Organisation or, failin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-9

The authorisation of bodies and establishments covers : 1° Issuing universal employment-service vouchers ; 2° Reimbursement of these special payment vouchers, under the conditions set out in articles…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation of funds from the joint fund

Article D2135-30

Pursuant to 2° of article L. 2135-13, the fund allocates the credits paid by the State as follows: 1° 80% of its appropriations, in equal shares, between each of the trade union organisations represen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the clinical screening of living and deceased donors

Article R1241-19-1

Before any donation, and as part of the general obligations mentioned in article R. 1211-13, tissue or cell donors must meet selection criteria. The general criteria and situations on which the contra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-24

When the judicial representative or the person chosen on the basis of the first paragraph of II or III of article L. 812-2 has completed his assignment, he shall file an end-of-assignment report with…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Parole application procedure

Article D528

Any judgment or ruling ordering conditional release shall state the reasons on which it is based in accordance with the provisions of articles 712-4, 712-13 and 729, as well as those of this article.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Provisions specific to certain local public services

Article L1852-4

…are adopted by the High Commissioner within three years of the date of publication of l'ordonnance n° 2006-173 du 15 février 2006 portant actualisation et adaptation du droit applicable en matière de…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 3: Invalidity of auctions

Article R322-49-1

…s intended for the personal occupation of the principal, the registry service requests the bulletin n° 2 of the criminal record of the bidder declared the successful bidder and, in the case of a non-t…

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