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Showing 56015610 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to elections.

Article D4233-6

…on or professional category concerned, as the case may be. However, in accordance with article L. 4232-13, pharmacists practising in mainland France are eligible to stand for election as a representat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Search of the file and direct information to the Ministry of the Interior

Article R53-8-26

In application of Article 706-53-8, the file manager sends daily notices to the Ministry of the Interior of new entries, changes of address relating to an entry or failure to provide proof of address.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for exercising trade union rights in sports resource, expertise and performance centres

Article R114-66

Are considered representative within the meaning of articles 3, 3-1 and 5 of the aforementioned decree of 28 May 1982, on the one hand the trade union organisations with at least one seat on the socia…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-8-2

Labile blood products proposed for inclusion on the list referred to in 1° of article L. 1221-8 are assessed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, on the basis of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Examination of the appeal

Article L532-6

…hs of the matter being referred to it. However, without prejudice to the application of Article L. 532-8, when the decision of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons ha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-6

…ils on the name of the new commune through concordant deliberations taken pursuant to Article L. 2113-2, the State representative in the département submits a proposed name to them for their opinion.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-60

…e financial account are enforceable under the conditions set out in Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 relating to public budgetary and accounting management. In order to be enforcea…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-2

…ic and in ports, airports, railway or bus stations and trains other than those mentioned in article 60-1 of this code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Effects of extradition

Article 696-41

…rvation need not be applied where the person extradited has had, during the period fixed in Article 696-39, the opportunity to leave French territory.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VIII: Provisions specific to sole traders with limited liability.

Article L680-6

…ssets covered by the proceedings or, subject to the payment of the income mentioned in Article L. 526-18, to change the allocation of such property, where this would result in a reduction in the asset…

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