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Showing 971980 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 Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article 723-13

The sentence enforcement judge may withdraw the decision for home detention under electronic monitoring either in the event of non-compliance with the prohibitions or obligations provided for in artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-7

…ssociation of the territory. Once this request has been made, the doctor, dental surgeon or midwife may provisionally practise in the department, the territorial authority of his new residence or in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: National Accreditation Commission.

Article R1114-7

…The Chairman appoints one or more rapporteurs from among the members of the Committee.The Committee may only deliberate if at least half of its members are present. If this is not the case, a further…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Credit for hours worked

Article R2123-7

…f article L. 3123-6 of the Labour Code (1), and the legal weekly working time defined in Article R. 2123-9 of this code. In the case of a civil servant governed by titles II, III or IV of the general…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to elections to the various disciplinary boards and chambers

Article R4125-7

…th whom he is standing in the same pairing and produce his acceptance. Candidates standing in pairs may sign a joint declaration of candidacy.For council elections, the candidate may enclose a profess…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-7

The articles of association may provide for retailer cooperative societies to be associated under the conditions set out in l'article 3 bis de la loi du 10 septembre 1947 portant statut de la coopérat…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions relating to health, safety and working conditions

Article R114-72

…rector of the centre, who is head of department within the meaning of the aforementioned decree of 28 May 1982, of a prevention assistant and, where applicable, a prevention adviser from among the cen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-79

…ivil courts.Legal action before the civil court has no suspensive effect. However, the court seised may, even in summary proceedings, order the suspension of the cheque-writing ban if there is a serio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII ter: Placement under mobile electronic surveillance as a security measure

Article 763-11

During the period of placement under mobile electronic surveillance, the sentence enforcement judge may ex officio, at the request of the public prosecutor or at the request of the convicted offender…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Sentence adjustment procedure applicable to released prisoners

Article D147-7

In the event of a combination of convictions, at least one of which was handed down for acts committed in a state of legal recidivism, these provisions shall be applied only if the total prison senten…

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