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Showing 50615070 of 32005 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 October 1996 n° 94-18.903 · CA Paris 7 November 2014 n° 12/17749

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-7

…conditions defined by articles L. 6112-1 and L6112-2, by the protocol provided for in article L. 6147-11 and the specific contracts mentioned in article L. 6147-12. They provide care which is reimburs…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Chairmen and vice-chairmen

Article D1423-71

…own for compensation for judicial activities. The chairmen and vice-chairmen of the chambers of the Paris industrial tribunal are also compensated for the time they devote to their administrative acti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks

Article R4021-7

…Development are as follows:1° To steer the system of continuing professional development for healthcare professionals, whatever their status or conditions of practice:a) Assessing the organisations a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single section: Shareholdings in commercial companies other than those referred to in 8° of Article L. 4211-1

Article R4211-7

…to the Commission des participations et des transferts provided for in Article 25 of Ordinance no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of companies with pub…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 7

Heading 7-Economic and financial assistance71. Loans and advances 711. First payment 1. Decision establishing the nature of the advance (loan), the conditions for granting it, the repayment terms, spe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article R522-7

…he administrative authority referred to in Article L. 531-6 is:the prefect of the department, or in Paris, the prefect of police, for offences and breaches observed by an agent placed under his author…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-2-1

…r the Centre Communal d'Action Sociale (municipal social action centre), or who benefit, where applicable, from a social tariff introduced by the public drinking water or wastewater service. The proce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4381-71

Subject to the application of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies and the present section, all the legislative and regulatory provisions relating to the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-173

Any order made on the basis of articles 706-169 or 706-170 by which an examining magistrate rules that he is no longer competent or the Paris examining magistrate rules that he is competent may, to th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals prohibited from returning to French territory

Article R613-7

…reign national issued under a decision prohibiting their return are those that apply, under Article 7 of Decree no. 2010-569 of 28 May 2010 relating to the wanted persons file, to cases where the reas…

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