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Showing 27712780 of 21318 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 13 November 1990

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 D6221-35

The application for authorisation must be accompanied, where appropriate, by a copy of the documents representing accreditation, authorisation or approval issued by the competent authorities of the St…

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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 D6221-40

Renewal applications follow the same procedure as initial applications.

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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 D6221-38

The authorisation is issued for a period of five years. It specifies the medical biology tests that the laboratory is authorised to carry out for patients resident in France.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers

Article L2334-31

The provisions of articles L. 2334-27 to L. 2334-30 are applicable from 1 January 1990.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XII: Enforcement procedures

Article 873

Article 763 reads as follows: "Art. 763.-In the event that a sentence handed down in a criminal case is time-barred, the convicted person is automatically and permanently subject to a ban on residence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations, confrontations and reconstructions

Article D32-2-3

In application of the last paragraph of Article 118 and in accordance with the provisions of the fifth paragraph of Article 52-1, the investigating judge of the court that does not have an investigati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment of training costs

Article L6323-20-1

…6331-1 may use his personal training account in application of article 22 ter of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants. When the public entity pays the contri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation of the company.

Article R6223-69

…er the conditions provided for by 1° or 2° of B of I of article 5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990, he loses the rights attached to his status as a member practising within the company, with eff…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commission agents.

Article R132-1

The rules governing the activity of forwarding agent are set out in Decree no. 90-200 of 5 March 1990 relating to the exercise of the profession of forwarding agent.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2

A civil action for compensation for damage caused by a felony, misdemeanour or contravention belongs to all those who have personally suffered damage directly caused by the offence. Waiver of the righ…

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