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Showing 56115620 of 70794 articles for Art. R 143-1 à R 143-3 · Cass. com. 28 April 2004 · Cass. com. 20 October 1998 · Cass. com. 7 March 2000 · Cass. com. 25 February 2003 · Loi 2015-990 du 6 août 2015

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public advertising

Article R5122-7

The withdrawal of the visa provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 5122-8 is decided by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé after…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Claims for compensation for damage caused by an act of terrorism

Article R50-69

Where the investigating or trial court refers the case pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 706-16-1, a copy of the referral decision and, where applicable, of the claim for compensation for the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-7

I. - The association's articles of association lay down the procedures for appointing and dismissing members of the supervisory board of the people's pension savings plans subscribed by the associatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of property, rights and obligations.

Article L5215-28

Buildings and movable property forming part of the public domain of the municipalities belonging to the conurbation are assigned ipso jure to the urban community, as soon as it is established, insofar…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 3: Payment by the garnishee

Article R211-7

The person who has received the payment gives a receipt to the garnishee and informs the debtor. Within the limit of the sums paid, this payment extinguishes the debtor's obligation and that of the ga…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-3

In the event of the annulment of the election of a municipal council of a municipality with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants or the annulment of the election of community councillors provided for in artic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Electricity or natural gas supply contracts

Article R242-6

Failing to provide a disabled consumer with the contracts and information they have requested in the form adapted to their disability in breach of article L. 224-2 is punishable by the fine laid down…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director or deputy director of a national reference centre for communicable diseases

Article R6213-6

The application for authorisation referred to in Article R. 6213-5 must be sent to the national management centre by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, accompanied by a dossier, the co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Territorial Environment and Health Risks Council

Article R1416-7

For the application of article R. 1416-1to Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, the words: "departmental council" are replaced by the words: "territorial council" and the words: ", in the department" ar…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-6

For each recruitment carried out in application of articles R. 113-4 and R. 113-5, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée submits the applications for the opinion of a rec…

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