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Showing 23212330 of 58536 articles for Art. II · Cass. 3e civ. 15 September 2010 · Cass. 3e civ. 4 November 1998

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Poison control centres.

Article D6141-45

The telephone answering service is manned 24 hours a day by a doctor who has undergone training in clinical toxicology and telephone answering and who may not be entrusted with other duties while on c…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Appointment of members

Article R6144-4

…of the students sitting on the technical council of the hospital school attached to the institution.II - When a full member resigns or ceases to belong to the category or discipline he represents duri…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the analysis of the group's resolvability

Article L613-43

…ority on a consolidated basis, it shall carry out the assessment referred to in I of Article L. 613-41 within the framework of the college of resolution authorities set up pursuant to the second parag…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: "Sports instructor" speciality

Article A212-47-4

A candidate who fails a certification test may be entitled to a second assessment session during the training session.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Confiscation.

Article 430

…confiscated 1° goods that have been or had to be substituted in the cases provided for in articles 411-2 a, 417-2 c and 423-2° ; 2° goods presented for departure in the case provided for by article 4…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publication of information, transparency and comparison of tenders

Article L224-42-4

…owners and operators are; 3° Set out clear and objective criteria on which the comparison is based; 4° Use clear and unambiguous language; 5° Provide accurate and up-to-date information and indicate t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Lapse of the summons.

Article 407

The decision that the summons has lapsed may be rescinded, in the event of error, by the judge who issued it.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R2333-43

…a tourist tax or flat-rate tourist tax shall notify the director general of public finance, before 15 September of the year preceding the year of application of the deliberation:1° The start and end…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Unit dispensing of medicinal products in dispensing pharmacies

Article R5132-42-4

The pharmacist removes the prescribed dosage units from the original outer packaging by any means that guarantees their integrity. He or she places them in a new outer packaging suitable for transport…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 498

…For an accused person who did not appear in the case provided for in the fifth paragraph of article 411, where his lawyer was not present. The same applies in the cases provided for in Articles 410 an…

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