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Showing 46614670 of 33394 articles for Art. Cass. com. 20 June 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 April 2004 · Cass. com. 13 December 1994 · CA Paris 17 September 2013

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-13

…financial year, when the result of the operating section, the financing requirement or, where applicable, the surplus of the investment section and the allocation forecast are carried forward, under…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D72-101-13

…financial year, when the result of the operating section, the financing requirement or, where applicable, the surplus of the investment section and the allocation forecast are carried forward, under…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Group Medical Commission

Article D6132-13-5

I.-The grouping's unified medical commission elects its chairman and vice-chairman from among the permanent practitioners who are members. However, when full practitioners do not make up the majority…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-7

…deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, persons undergoing psychiatric care pursuant to Articles L. 3212-1 and L. 3213-1 who do not come under the provisions of Article 64…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-7

An Assembly of Mayors of the Greater Paris Metropolis, made up of all the mayors of the municipalities located within the territorial jurisdiction of the metropolis, meets at least once a year to disc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-13-1

I.-The digital health space is opened automatically, unless the person or their legal representative objects. The person concerned or their legal representative is informed of the opening of the digit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-6

Any order made on the basis of articles 706-72-2 or 706-72-3 by which an examining magistrate decides to relinquish jurisdiction or by which the examining magistrate of the Paris Judicial Court decide…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The undertaking given by the insolvency practitioner in the main insolvency proceedings

Article L692-7

…s who proposes to give a commitment pursuant to Article 36 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 shall obtain the agreement of all local creditors affected by that commitment, including th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The undertaking given by the insolvency practitioner in the main insolvency proceedings

Article R692-7

…dings shall notify the undertaking he proposes to give pursuant to Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 to the debtor's known local creditors who have an establishment on national…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-13

…penditure where he finds, in the course of his checks, irregularities or inaccuracies in the certifications issued by the chairman of the High Council. He shall inform the Chairman of the High Council…

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