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Showing 50815090 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
Subsection 3: Special provisions for the importation of plasma pastes and labile blood products intended for the preparation of health products.

Article D1221-65

…ducts intended for the preparation of health products, the authorisation referred to in Article D. 1221-58 is issued to the following organisations or establishments: 1° The Etablissement français du…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article D48-6

…a natural or legal person the payment of a : 1° sum of money imposed as a sentence for an offence; 2° compensation awarded to victims where they are unable to bring a civil action, ordered as part of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rights and guarantees for disabled workers.

Article L5213-6-1

…t of the worker concerned, the adviser takes part in the liaison meeting provided for inarticle L. 1226-1-3 of this code and in the exchanges organised on the basis of the last paragraph of I of artic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Organic farming

Article L432-6

…dden: 1° To issue an "organic farming" label without meeting the conditions laid down in article L. 642-3 du code rural et de la pêche maritime; 2° De délivrer une mention " agriculture biologique " à…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L651-6

…with a request to suspend its enforcement, without prejudice to the provisions of 1° of article L. 761-9.As a result, articles L. 614-1 to L. 614-18, with the exception of article L. 614-13, are not a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of credit institutions by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L772-6

…as a credit institution shall be granted by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution."; 2° In Article L. 511-15: a) The first paragraph is replaced by the following provisions: "Withdrawal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Systems and components intended to be assembled to form a medical device.

Article R5211-67

…with the manufacturers' instructions and has assembled them in accordance with these instructions ; 2° that it has packaged the system or kit and provided users with information containing the relevan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-67

…s set out in the table below: NUMBER OF DECISIONS to be drafted MAXIMUM NUMBER of compensable hours 2 to 25 3 hours 26 to 50 5 hours 51 to 100 7 hours More than 100 9 hours plus 3 hours for every 100…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-3

…competent to execute the said order in the issuing State, if different from the issuing authority; 2° (Repealed) 3° The date and purpose of the freezing order; 4° Data making it possible to identify…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Surrender in the event of illegal residence

Article R621-6

The administrative authority may, in application of the provisions of article L. 621-4, take a surrender decision against a family member of a foreign national holding long-term resident-EU status gra…

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