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Showing 58615870 of 59235 articles for Art. Cass. com. avis 1-12-2021 n° 20-15.164 FS-D

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article D33

When an investigating judge issues a letter rogatory to a judicial police officer in charge of a police service or gendarmerie unit, the latter may have it executed by a judicial police officer under…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Adjournment for the purpose of depositing a sum of money

Article D549

The deposit ordered as part of the adjournment provided for by Article 132-70-3 of the Criminal Code is subject to the same rules as bail ordered as part of a judicial review in the event of an adjour…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-4

For the profession of midwife, the jury, constituted by drawing lots, is composed of :1° Members of the teaching and hospital staff governed by decree no. 2021-1645 of 13 December 2021 relating to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Rules governing pre-trial detention

Article D58

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article D. 213-4 du code pénitentiaire, dans les maisons d'arrêt où, par suite de la distribution des locaux ou de leur encombrement temporaire, le régime de l…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article D512-6

…sted in their inspections by: 1° State civil servants and contractual agents governed by the décret n° 86-83 du 17 janvier 1986 relatif aux dispositions générales applicables aux agents contractuels d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Determining the number of training and delegation days and the methods for calculating and paying lump-sum compensation

Article D7343-75

The annual time spent by the representatives appointed in application of article L. 7343-12 in the performance of their duties is compensated for the time spent at meetings of the negotiating committe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the conditions of transmission of samples to medical biology laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-30

When a medical biology laboratory established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and appearing on a list established by order of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Membership rules

Article D3141-23

Employees belonging to the establishments mentioned in articles D. 3141-12 to D. 3141-15 are declared by the employer to the competent fund, unless they hold a fixed-term employment contract, conclude…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Direct marketing of banking and financial services

Article D753-23

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 341-1n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005D. 341-2 to D. 341-4 with the exception of the second paragraphNo. 2019…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Direct marketing of banking and financial services

Article D752-22

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 341-1n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005D. 341-2 to D. 341-4 with the exception of the second paragraphNo. 2019…

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