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Showing 161170 of 25274 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 8 décembre 1971 n° 70-93020

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the agency

Article 706-163

…e revenues mentioned in this 4°, capped in accordance with I of Article 46 of Law no. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012 of the confiscated sums managed by the agency as well as, of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment

Article R6152-706

…ect to the possible application of the provisions of article D. 171-11 of the Social Security Code; 8° The amount of the fixed portion of remuneration and the amount of the variable portion, which dep…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder or in the event of recognition of impairment of judgement

Article 706-136

When the investigating chamber or a trial court hands down a judgment or ruling declaring a person not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder, it may order the following security measure…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation.

Article R518-70

The authorisation referred to in Article 8 of L. 511-6 is issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in accordance with the provisions of this sub-section.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-14

…nd last paragraph) to 706-12, when his resources are below the ceiling set by l'article 4 de la loi n° 91-647 du 10 juillet 1991 relative à l'aide juridique to benefit from partial legal aid, taking i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Preventive measures and resources

Article R4412-70

…ctive measures or, where exposure cannot be avoided by other means, individual protective measures; 8° Implementation of hygiene measures, in particular regular cleaning of floors, walls and other sur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707-6

…es. This increase does not apply when fines are increased pursuant to articles L. 211-27 and L. 421-8 of the Insurance Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Therapeutic use protocol and data collection

Article R5121-70

…to dispense it, as well as to the regional pharmacovigilance centres mentioned in article R. 5121-158 and to the poison control centres mentioned in article L. 6141-4, by the holder of the exploitatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Combating nosocomial infections.

Article D6431-70

…espect of which they have been appointed. The term of office of the members mentioned in 6°, 7° and 8° of article D. 6431-69 is four years. They may be reappointed.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Resolution measures

Article R613-70

The measures in the business reorganisation plan referred to in I of Article L. 613-55-8 shall be based on realistic assumptions regarding the economic and financial environment in which the person re…

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