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Showing 51815190 of 66871 articles for Art. s. 1591 and 1592 · Cass. com. 3 May 1977

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification of the decision

Article R4126-33

The decisions of the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance and the orders of its president are notified by the court registry to the practitioner being prosecuted and, where applicable, to his lawyer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-32

…tablishment designated in application of article R. 6111-27 provides care in the prison environment and, where applicable, in hospital, to prisoners whose condition does not require hospitalisation; u…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation

Article A752-3

…eferred to in article R. 752-44-8, a model of which is shown in appendix 7-8 to this book, is dated and signed by the authorised body referred to in article L. 752-23. The form is sent electronically…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4151-3

…ent of maternal, foetal or neonatal pathology during pregnancy, childbirth or the postnatal period, and in the event of dystocic childbirth, the midwife must call in a doctor. Midwives may provide car…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-3

In case of necessity and notwithstanding the provisions of Article 803-2, the person may appear the following day and may be held for this purpose in specially equipped court premises, provided that t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions applicable to the search for and referencing of plastic, graphic or photographic works of art

Article L136-3

The approval provided for in I of Article L. 136-2 is issued in consideration of: 1° The diversity of the members; 2° The professional qualifications of the directors; 3° The human and material resour…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions specific to the overseas collectivities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution and New Caledonia

Article 33-1

By way of derogation from Article 26, the declaration which must be received by the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court is received by the president of the court of first…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions specific to the overseas collectivities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution and New Caledonia

Article 33-2

Parrogation à l'article 31, the president of the court of first instance or the judge in charge of the detached section has sole authority to issue a certificate of French nationality to any person wh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Commission nationale de la négociation collective, de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle (National Commission for Collective Bargaining, Employment and Vocational Training)

Article R2272-3

…e France (MEDEF); 2° Two nominated by the Confédération des petites et moyennes entreprises (CPME); 3° Two nominated by the Union des entreprises de proximité (U2P).

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for practising the profession of restaurant owner or similar or for fruit and vegetable retailers

Article R3262-31

If, within one month of the date of receipt of the application as shown on the notice of receipt, the Commission has not sent the applicant for assimilation an attestation that the application is comp…

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