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Showing 7180 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
Subsection 17: Nuclear medicine

Article D6124-193

…horisation holder is subject to the obligation of quality assurance defined in I of Article L. 1333-19.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 17: Nuclear medicine

Article D6124-191

Staff working in the delimited area where radiopharmaceutical preparations and controls are carried out receive appropriate initial and ongoing training in radiopharmacy and radiation protection for s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-11

…the third paragraph of Article L. 1331-1 and the articles L. 1331-2, L. 1331-3, L. 1331-6, L. 1331-7, L. 1331-8 and L. 1331-10 of the French Public Health Code is added to the revenue from charges an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-19

If secure detention is not extended or is terminated pursuant to articles 706-53-17 or 706-53-18 and if the person presents risks of committing the offences mentioned in article 706-53-13, the regiona…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-17

The sentence enforcement judge may issue a warrant to bring in a convicted offender under his supervision if the latter fails to comply with the obligations incumbent upon him. If the convicted person…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-17

For the prosecution, investigation and trial of offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, the investigating judge, the criminal court and the Paris ass…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-11

The amount of the contribution paid by the company may not be less than twice the monthly value of the minimum growth wage per job eliminated. However, the administrative authority may set a lower amo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R212-7-19

…will have an extract of this decision published, at the beneficiary's expense, in two regional or local newspapers circulated in the department.The same applies to the prefectoral certificate in the e…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 722-17

The President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may, in the light of the prices usually charged in the profession, limit the amount of expenditure allowed under article 722-16 when…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-173

Any order made on the basis of articles 706-169 or 706-170 by which an examining magistrate rules that he is no longer competent or the Paris examining magistrate rules that he is competent may, to th…

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