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Showing 24112420 of 18954 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 31 Oct. 2000

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-15-2

…for personal injury verified under the conditions provided for in articles R. 1142-30-2 or R. 1142-31-1. However, the Chairman or his deputy may appoint only one expert if that expert possesses all t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article R722-7

…ce of consular judges begins on 1 January of the calendar year following their election and ends on 31 December of the calendar year following the election of their successor.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Appointment.

Article R742-23

…e candidates. Where the appointed candidate is declared to have resigned pursuant to article R. 742-31, the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, may appoint another candidate, after re-examining…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-40-6

…nal councils and the president of the executive council of Corsica shall transmit each year, before 31 March, to the education authorities, for each local public education establishment under their ju…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article D1432-30

…ege, but may be a member of one or more of the specialised commissions mentioned in article D. 1432-31.A member appointed by virtue of his elected office may only be replaced by an elected member of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article D4221-9

…en from the sections or sub-sections of the National Universities Council governed by decree no. 87-31 of 20 January 1987, from among the full professor-researcher members governed by decree no. 84-43…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Committee members.

Article R4643-34

…ies, as well as any information likely to enable the investigations provided for in article R. 4643-31 to be carried out properly. They shall send the Regional Committee a copy of the declaration of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Cooperation between the armed forces health service and other health care providers

Article R6147-144

…onal qualifications and seniority. By way of derogation from the third paragraph of article R. 4138-31 of the Defence Code, the temporary assignment of military personnel on duty in the Armed Forces H…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tariffs and settlement

Article 777

…HARE TARIFF applicable (%) Not exceeding 8,072 5 Between €8,072 and €15,932 10 Between €15 932 and €31,865 15 Between €31,865 and €552,324 20 Between 552,324 and €902,838 30 Between €902,838 and €1,80…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: POWERS

Article L3642-2

I. - 1. Without prejudice to Article L. 2212-2 of this Code and notwithstanding article L. 1311-2 and to the second paragraph of l'article L. 1331-1 du code de la santé publique, the President of the…

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