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Showing 48914900 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 Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 61-3

…President of the Bar: 1° Assist her when she takes part in an operation to reconstruct the offence; 2° Be present at a suspect identification session of which she is a part. The person is informed of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration of members of the professions of occupational therapist and psychomotricist

Article D4333-6

…the following data: 1° The personal identifier in the register referred to in article D. 4113-118; 2° The surname and first name of the practising professional; 3° The qualifications and professional…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liability of establishments with regard to the property of residents

Article L1113-6

…t by the staff of the establishment. The liability regime set out in articles L. 1113-1 and L. 1113-2 then applies.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Missions and activities

Article R5126-69

…of medical fitness, prevention and emergency care for their staff, the structures mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article R. 5126-68 supply, under the responsibility of a pharmacist from the in-house p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Management posts

Article R1432-69

…ering Committee of the Regional Health Agencies, for each agency: 1° The group to which it belongs; 2° The number of management posts; 3° The level or levels of the corresponding management posts.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Accounting and financial system

Article D211-66

…° The school's own staff, operating, equipment and maintenance, accommodation and investment costs; 2° Payments made to public and private bodies in execution of teaching or research agreements; 3° In…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 621-19

…nt is determined by taking into consideration:1° The quality and originality of the visual proposal;2° The appropriateness of the technical choices relating to visual effects and the artistic project;…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals in seasonal employment

Article R421-60

By way of derogation from article R. 432-2, silence kept by the administrative authority on the application for a multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "seasonal worker" provided for in ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The electronic portal

Article R814-58-6

…nformation recorded in the electronic portal provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 814-2 are as follows: 1° In the case of debtors subject to safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquida…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-6

Natural persons guilty of one of the offences provided for in articles L. 335-2 to L. 335-4-2 may also be ordered, at their own expense, to remove from commercial channels the objects deemed to be inf…

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