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Showing 45414550 of 41614 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 3 Feb. 2004 – no. 03-80784

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-38

…prosecutor makes its opinion known under the conditions defined by the second paragraph of article 431 of the code of civil procedure. The judge may visit the premises at any time in order to assess t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-32

To set the maximum time of absence to which are entitled, pursuant to Article L. 4134-7-1, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article R4312-3

Programme or commitment authorisations and any revisions thereto are presented by the President of the Regional Council. They are voted on by the Regional Council when adopting the budget for the fina…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification of the decision

Article R4234-35

…ies of temporary or permanent prohibition from practising provided for in 4° and 5° of article L. 4234-6, is entrusted with teaching duties or is approved as a training supervisor, the decisions and o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the business start-up or takeover support programme

Article R5141-31

If the application is accepted, the operator, acting on behalf of the State, will enter into a support contract with the person, indicating which of the three phases defined in article R. 5141-29 is t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-3

…cation of the laws and regulations relating to the products and activities mentioned in Article L. 5311-1. This person may make comments within a period set by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Medical and psychological emergency units

Article R6311-32

…tions relating to this mobilisation to the National Public Health Agency mentioned in article L. 1413-1.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the transfer of the person for trial on the merits or for trial on the application of article 122-1 of the Criminal Code

Article D47-37-2

Outside the cases provided for by articles 706-139-1 and D. 47-37-1, where the examining magistrate considers that the temporary loss of discernment of the person under investigation is at least partl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of protection

Article L342-3

…ct to respect for copyright or related rights in the works or elements incorporated in the database;3° The extraction and re-use of a database under the conditions defined in 7° of Article L. 122-5, i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The territorial delegate of the Agence nationale du sport

Article R112-33

…resents the Agency in the region; 2° Is the Agency's secondary authorising officer for expenditure; 3° Receives delegated authority from the Agency's competent body to negotiate and conclude on its be…

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