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Showing 52415250 of 47047 articles for Art. Cass. com. 7 February 1995 n° 318 · Cass. com. 17 November 1998 · Cass. com. 19 October 1999 · Cass. com. 11 January 2017 n° 15-22.382 · CA Versailles 19 January 2016 · Cass. com. 17 May 1994

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation prior to disciplinary action

Article R4443-11

I.-Articles R. 4233-33 to R. 4233-38 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version set out in Decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, subject to the adaptations set out in II. II.-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-11

…State; 4° The annual work programme; 5° The activity report; 6° The agency's internal regulations; 7° The budget and its amending decisions, the financial account and the allocation of results; 8° Co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Single chapter: Processing of personal data known as the "interministerial information system for victims of attacks and disasters".

Article R2-15-3

…the same article shall be kept for ten years from the date of the event or for fifteen years in the case of terrorist acts. The identity, nationality, role and status for the event and the identifier,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Authorities responsible for the conduct of criminal policy, public prosecutions and investigations

Article 11-2

I.-The Public Prosecutor's Office may inform the administration in writing of the following decisions made against a person it employs, including on a voluntary basis, when they concern a crime or off…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-11-2

…L. 1263-3 are not remedied within the time limit set pursuant to the provisions of Article R. 1263-11-1, or if the posting declaration referred to in Article L. 1263-4-1 is not received, the Labour I…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594-0 G

…meaning of article 256 A, where the deed of acquisition contains an undertaking by the purchaser to carry out, within four years, work leading to the production of a new building within the meaning of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles of organisation and operation of the body reception facility

Article R1261-11

…whatever takes their place, shall designate the structure responsible for receiving bodies for medical teaching and research purposes. When the structure for receiving bodies is housed within an auth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 11: Recognition of prescriptions

Article R5211-70

Prescriptions for medical devices issued at the request of a patient with a view to obtaining a supply in another Member State of the European Union must include the following information: 1° The surn…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 11: Recognition of prescriptions

Article R5211-71

…rmation provided for in 1°, subject to adaptation of the country information, to 3° of Article R. 5211-70, persons legally authorised to supply medical devices may refuse to supply these products, pre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Temporary suspension of the right to practise for professional incompetence

Article R4221-15-6

The provisions of articles R. 4221-15-1 to R. 4221-15-3 apply to the temporary suspension of the right to practise for professional incompetence.

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