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Showing 50015010 of 49267 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 7 March 1989 · Cass. soc. 14 May 1997 · Cass. soc. 7 March 2001 · Cass. soc. 18 November 1992 · Cass. soc. 29 May 1991 · Cass. soc. 8 July 2009 · Cass. soc. 30 March 2010 · Cass. soc. 21 September 2016

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a State that is not a member of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who hold evidence of formal qualifications issued by one of the member or party States.

Article R4221-13-7

…behalf of the Minister for Health, issues the practice authorisations provided for in article L. 4221-9, after obtaining the opinion of the practice authorisation commission referred to in article D.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZI

…tuted, for online circle games organised and operated under the conditions laid down by the article 14 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Conservation of gametes, germinal tissue and embryos

Article R2142-30

…opinion of the Agence de la biomédecine.Where circumstances so require, the regional health agency may designate a centre authorised to carry out the same activity to receive the gametes, germ tissue…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Drawing up lists of candidates

Article R4031-30

…al union to be elected, rounded up where necessary.Professionals practising in more than one region may only stand for election in the region where they are principally practising. No person may appea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-30

Hospital practitioners may, with the agreement of the director of the health establishment, on the proposal of the head of department or, failing that, the head of the internal structure and after con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Use of the retirement account

Article R4163-30

The holder of a professional prevention account may make a request to use the points under 3° of I of article L. 4163-7 under the conditions set out in article R. 4163-15 once he has reached the age o…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Out-of-court sales with judicial authorisation

Article R322-21

…nt judge who authorises the out-of-court sale sets the amount of the price below which the property may not be sold, taking into account the economic conditions of the market and, where applicable, th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-75

Personal data collected pursuant to this section may not be processed by automatic means, with the exception of the processing required for use in criminal legal proceedings.The personal data collecte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16-1

…th regard to the consequences for the latter of this decision. The measures provided for in Article 712-16 may relate to the consequences of decisions to individualise the sentence with regard to the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1843

…s commercial, without joint and several liability in other cases. A company that is duly registered may take over the commitments entered into, which are then deemed to have been entered into by the c…

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