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Showing 53015310 of 52621 articles for Art. L 145-17 · Cass. 3e civ. 22 February 1968 · CA Paris 13 February 2008 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 June 1998 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 March 1969

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-17

I.-The categories of personal data recorded in the processing mentioned in article R. 2143-16 are: 1° In the case of persons born of medically assisted procreation with a third-party donor: a) Data re…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-7

I.-Options may be granted under the same conditions as in articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-179 and L. 22-10-56 of the French Commercial Code by a company controlled, directly or indirectly, exclusively o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Actions available to the creditor

Article 1341-3

In cases determined by law, the creditor may act directly in payment of his claim against a debtor of his debtor.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Amendment procedure

Article R1333-137

The person responsible for the nuclear activity must make a new declaration or submit a new application for registration or authorisation to the Nuclear Safety Authority before implementing the activi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Va: Dation in payment

Article 1716 bis

I. - Free transfer duties, real estate wealth tax and partition duty may be paid by handing over works of art, books, collectors' items, documents, of high artistic or historical value, or real estate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Collection of labile blood products.

Article R1222-17

I. - The function of taking charge of the collection involves selecting the donor and monitoring the collection process.This function is carried out by staff authorised by the Etablissement Français d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
b: Communications and notifications applicable when the appellant is the public prosecutor at the court of appeal

Article R40-13

Where the person lodging the appeal is the public prosecutor at the court of appeal, the secretary of the committee asks the latter, within fifteen days of receipt of the file, to send him his conclus…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Decision by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons

Article R531-17

The decision of the Director General of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall state the surname, first name, position and department to which the person belongs.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Communication and production of documents in the file of a competition authority

Article R483-13

To ensure that a document falls within the prohibition set out in article L. 483-5, the judge may request the opinion of the competent competition authority and send it the relevant document. This opi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-8

The committee decides by a majority of the votes cast. In the event of a tie, the Chairman has the casting vote.

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