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Showing 9911000 of 54357 articles for Art. Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 2 July 2002 n° 00-18.243

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specific conditions for paediatric organ transplants

Article D6124-167

…ring unit; this may specialise in organ transplants in accordance with the provisions of article R. 6123-38-7. The intensive care activity mentioned in article R. 6123-76 may be paediatric intensive c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specific conditions for paediatric organ transplants

Article D6124-168

The staff referred to in Article D. 6124-163 includes at least one paediatrician who can intervene within a timeframe compatible with safety requirements. The medical and nursing staff are experienced…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specific conditions for paediatric organ transplants

Article D6124-166

The child is hospitalised in a dedicated sector of a paediatric unit or, where justified by the patient's age or characteristics, in an individualised area of a hospital sector with a paediatric envir…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional registration due to difficulties in exhibiting and manufacturing cinematographic works as a result of the health crisis

Article 919-16

…feature-length cinematographic work that meets the following conditions: 1° Be a French initiative; 2° Be the subject of an application for production approval between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 C

I. - For the application of the second paragraph of I of Article 1640 B, the reference communal and inter-communal rates are defined as follows:1. For communes that are not members in 2010 of a public…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

Article R49-6-2

The amount of the reduced fixed fine provided for in article 529-2-1 is set at 150 euros for fifth-class offences.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-16

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article L. 214-15, when, in the course of a merger, a foreign UCITS approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the C…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-16

With a view to the application of the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 1121-11 and article L. 1121-12 and for the research mentioned in 1° of article L. 1121-1 concerning the products m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-16

The first directors or members of the Supervisory Board are designated in the Articles of Association.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-16

…from: 1° Either the direct or indirect holding of the majority of voting rights in another company; 2° Or the appointment, for two successive financial years, of the majority of the members of the adm…

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