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Showing 42414250 of 63274 articles for Art. s. 1833 and 1844-10 · Cass. 3e civ. 5 July 2000

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Vigilance.

Article R1123-56

…médicament et des produits de santé any suspicion of a serious adverse reaction occurring in France and outside national territory. The notification must be made without delay and at the latest within…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 57

…ase or sale prices, or by any other means, are incorporated into the results recorded in the accounts. The same procedure is applied to companies that are dependent on a company or group that also con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate

Article 50

…from among the judges of the court, is appointed in the forms provided for the appointment of judges. If necessary, another judge may be temporarily entrusted, in the same forms, with the duties of i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate

Article 52

…he place where one of these persons was arrested, even when the arrest was made for another reason, and the investigating judge of the place where one of these persons was detained, even when the dete…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Manufacturers

Article 533

Manufacturers of gold, silver and platinum articles are required to make themselves known to the office of guarantee on which they depend and to have their particular hallmark inscribed there, with th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Trial procedures

Article 530

…und to be lower than the declared legal title, a new test may be carried out if the owner so requests. When the new test confirms the result of the first, the work is, at the owner's choice, either re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Flexible working days

Article L3121-58

…f I of article L. 3121-64: 1° Managers who have autonomy in the organisation of their working hours and whose duties do not require them to follow the collective timetable applicable in the workshop,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Flexible working days

Article L3121-59

…rt of their rest days in return for an increase in their salary. The agreement between the employee and the employer must be in writing. A rider to the lump-sum agreement concluded between the employe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of birth.

Article 57

The birth record will state the day, time and place of birth, the child's sex, the forenames to be given to him or her, the family name, followed, where applicable, by a mention of the parents' joint…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-53

The surrender of a person who is a French national or who was a French national at the time of the acts covered by the arrest warrant issued by a State that is not a member of the European Union shall…

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