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Showing 25512560 of 56854 articles for Art. Cass. com. 31-1-2017 n° 14-29.474

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-4-2

When an accused person is remanded in custody, the examining magistrate may decide to prohibit him/her from corresponding in writing with one or more persons that he/she designates, in view of the req…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Training

Article R4623-31-3

The procedures for organising the specific occupational health training provided for in article L. 4623-10, the framework for checking the knowledge acquired during the training course and the assessm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Training

Article R4623-31-2

The specific occupational health training provided for in Article L. 4623-10 enables candidates to acquire at least the following skills: 1° Knowledge of the world of work and the company ; 2° Knowled…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-14-2

On the occasion of the sale of veterinary medicinal products containing one or more antibiotic substances, discounts, rebates, the differentiation of general and special conditions of sale within the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-31

Notwithstanding Titles II and III of Book II and Title II of Book VIII of the French Commercial Code, the following provisions apply to SICAVs: 1° Shares must be fully paid up as soon as they are issu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-14

Discretionary pension benefits as defined in Article 4(1) 73 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 shall be consistent with the economic strategy…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-14-2

Any natural person who has suffered loss as a result of acts, whether intentional or not, committed abroad, which are likely to fall within the jurisdiction of a criminal court having, pursuant to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31-0 bis

When a listed or registered historic monument, whether built or unbuilt, is the subject of a long lease for a period of at least eighteen years, the lessee is taxed as the owner on the income received…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to 5° "haematology intensive care".

Article D6124-31-3

The non-medical team in a haematology intensive care unit comprises at least: 1° One nurse for every four open beds ; 2° During the day, one nursing assistant for every four open beds and, at night, o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to 5° "haematology intensive care".

Article D6124-31-4

The medical permanence of the haematology intensive care unit is ensured, outside day services, by at least : 1° The presence on site of a doctor with training or experience in critical care ; 2° An o…

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