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Showing 45914600 of 58756 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 June 1984 · CA Paris 2 March 1984 · Cass. com. 2 May 1972 · Cass. civ. 9 May 1962

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Voluntary termination of pregnancy by medication.

Article R6323-23

Centres that have signed the agreement referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 2212-2 may carry out voluntary interruptions of pregnancy using medication.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Voluntary termination of pregnancy by medication.

Article R6323-24

When carrying out voluntary termination of pregnancy by medication, the centre must enlist the help of a pharmacist registered on the roll of section E or H of the national order of pharmacists. In th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-2

…al director of public finance sends his report to the public prosecutor by the first working day of March at the latest. The public prosecutor's report is made public before the last working day of Ju…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 7: Discounts

Article A444-202

The discounts provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 444-2 are granted by lawyers on the proportional emoluments set out in this section within the limit of a maximum discount rate of 20% ap…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article 235

…shall be replaced by the judge who appointed him or by the judge in charge of the review. The judge may also, at the request of the parties or of his own motion, replace the technician who fails in hi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 206

…n null and void and, if appropriate, all or part of the subsequent proceedings. After annulment, it may either evoke and proceed under the conditions provided for in articles 201,202 and

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-22

…ts acronym, its legal form, the address of its registered office at which the draft terms of merger may be inspected, the amount of its capital and, in the case of participating companies registered i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-9

…in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 204

The Investigating Chamber may also, in respect of offences arising from the record of the proceedings, order that an indictment be issued, under the conditions laid down in Article 205, persons who ha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-9

…of their profession is subject to prior authorisation from the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, known as an "advertising approval".This authorisation is issued for…

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