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Showing 44514460 of 44700 articles for Art. Cass. com. 30 June 1998 · Cass. com. 15 June 2010 · Cass. com. 15 May 1973 · Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · CA Versailles 7 June 2007

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-24

…ial police, assigned to the judicial police services specially responsible for combating terrorism, may be authorised by name by the public prosecutor at the Paris court of appeal to carry out investi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 764-6

…recognition and monitoring in the territory of the executing State shall be accompanied by a certificate specifying in particular: 1° The designation of the sentencing State; 2° The designation of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Common provisions

Article 1649 quater K ter

The management centres mentioned in article 1649 quater C and the approved associations mentioned in article 1649 quater F may have as members all the taxpayers mentioned in the same articles, subject…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-16

…ing to the obligations inherent in a purchase under a formalised procedure. II.The National Council may award a contract using an adapted procedure: 1° When the estimated value of the requirement, exc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 776

…of the criminal record is issued:1° To prefects and State public administrations dealing with applications for the duties of a commercial court judge, applications for public employment, proposals fo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-7

…ion against either the insurer or the liable party, implead the liable party or the insurer, as the case may be.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from weekly working hours

Article D5132-43-7

In application of the provisions of article L. 5132-15-1, the diagnosis of the situation of persons likely to benefit from working less than twenty hours must make it possible to establish that their…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publicising and monitoring early access authorisations

Article R5121-73

…website, all decisions concerning authorisation, refusal, withdrawal, suspension, renewal and modification of early access, summaries of the summary reports mentioned in Article R. 5121-70-1 and any a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Therapeutic use protocol and data collection

Article R5121-70

…rité de santé. The protocol is drawn up in conjunction with the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé when the authorisation is granted under 1° of II of Article L. 5121-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery and other work equipment

Article R4313-75

With the exception of those listed in article R. 4313-78, machinery is subject to the conformity assessment procedure with internal control of manufacture. Agricultural or forestry tractors and their…

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