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Showing 15911600 of 32230 articles for Art. Loi 2011-900 du 29-7-2011

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave, continuing education and trade union rights

Article R6152-713

…ticle L. 6251-1 must maintain and improve their knowledge. They are entitled to training leave, the duration of which is set at fifteen working days per year for a full-time practitioner. When the pra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4113-7

…udice to the provisions of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties, the creation and use for commercial canvassing or promotional purposes of files comp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 796

I. - The estates of:1° of servicemen of the French and allied armies who died under the flags during the war;2° of servicemen who, either under the flags or after being sent home, will have died, with…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The right to temporary accommodation and the right to lifetime accommodation

Article 764

Unless the deceased wishes otherwise in accordance with article 971, the successor spouse who actually occupied, at the time of death, as his or her principal dwelling, a dwelling belonging to the spo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 708

Enforcement of the sentence or sentences handed down at the request of the public prosecutor takes place when the decision has become final. However, the time limit for appeal granted to the public pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4381-71

Subject to the application of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies and the present section, all the legislative and regulatory provisions relating to the p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Characteristics and approval of computerised ticketing systems

Article D212-79

…computerised ticketing systems for use by cinemas approved by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée. Approval is granted if the system complies with the specifications f…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions

Article 761

…ons of Articles 35 to 37. Where the effect of an incidental application is to make the written procedure applicable or to make representation by a lawyer compulsory, the judge may, of his own motion o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 778

…in the course of any proceedings, the public prosecutor or investigating judge finds that an individual has been convicted under a false identity or has usurped a civil status, the necessary rectific…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 75

…spouses the articles 212 and 213, the first paragraph of Articles 214 and 215, and of Article 371-1 du présent code. However, in the event of serious impediment, the public prosecutor of the place of…

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