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Showing 48914900 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4233-9

No person may be a candidate for election as a member of a Board if he or she has reached the age of seventy-one by the closing date for receipt of nomination papers.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information retained by contracting entities

Article R2184-9

…otice contains the information required by articles R. 2184-7 and R. 2184-8, the contracting entity may refer to this notice.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Music Ombudsman

Article R214-9

The Ombudsman may call upon the services of the Minister responsible for culture. The latter will provide the necessary resources to enable the Ombudsman to carry out his duties.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Policy

Article L2542-9

The conditions under which field wardens may be recruited are defined by the provisions of Chapter III of Title II of Book V of the Internal Security Code.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 945-1

The magistrate in charge of hearing the case may, if the parties do not object, hold the hearing alone to hear the pleadings. He reports to the court in its deliberations.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4431-9

The disciplinary penalties that the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance may impose are as follows: 1° A warning ; 2° a reprimand 3° A temporary ban, with or without a suspended sentence, or a perma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 99-4

For the purposes of executing the letter rogatory, the judicial police officer may carry out the requisitions provided for in the first paragraph of Article 60-2.With the express authorisation of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring, in the territory of other Member States of the European Union, of convictions and probation decisions handed down by French courts

Article 764-9

…bation decision to the competent authority of another Member State of the European Union so that it may recognise and monitor the conviction or probation decision and, once it has been drawn up and si…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment for retraining or promotion through work-linked training schemes

Article D6332-90

In the absence of fixed rates set under the conditions provided for in Article D. 6332-89, this amount is 9.15 euros per hour. Where the extended branch agreement referred to in article L. 6324-3 prov…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Other cases of recourse to expert appraisal

Article L2315-95

In companies with at least three hundred employees, the social and economic committee may decide to call on a technical expert of its choice to prepare for negotiations on professional equality.

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