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Showing 44814490 of 66032 articles for Art. al. 2 · Cass. com. 26 November 2003 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 January 2009 · Cass. com. 1 March 2011

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Professional inadequacy

Article R6156-71

The Committee may only validly deliberate if at least two thirds of its members, including the Chairman or his alternate, are present.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Professional inadequacy

Article R6156-74

…earch centres of the university hospital centres. The incompatibilities provided for in article R. 6156-70 shall apply to the choice of the rapporteur. The secretariat is provided by the Centre nation…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Administrative authorisation for companies with their registered office in the Swiss Confederation

Article L321-7

Undertakings subject to State supervision pursuant to Article L. 310-1 and referred to in 3° of Article L. 310-2 may not commence their operations under an establishment regime in France until they ha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVIII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by legal persons

Article 706-42

…cable when a natural person is also suspected or prosecuted, the following shall have jurisdiction: 1° The public prosecutor and the courts of the place where the offence was committed; 2° The public…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Other control measures.

Article L3114-7

The following are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat: 1° The conditions for the organisation and operation of the disinfection service provided for in article L. 3114-1 ; 2° In departments whe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article D6264-7

…an allocation taken from the appropriations allocated to the increase mentioned in article R. 3334-7. This allocation is calculated by applying the ratio of the local authority's population to the na…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article D6364-7

…an allocation taken from the appropriations allocated to the increase mentioned in article R. 3334-7. This allocation is calculated by applying the ratio of the local authority's population to the na…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The creditor's formal notice

Article 1345-2

Where the obligation relates to another object, the debtor is discharged if the obstruction has not ceased within two months of the formal notice..

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-28-1

The following documents are appended to the delegation contract: 1° The contract of republican commitment mentioned in article L. 131-8 ; 2° A presentation of the national strategy to promote the prin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Remote access to correspondence stored by means of electronic communications accessible by means of a computer identifier

Article 706-95

…the preliminary investigation relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court may, at the requ…

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