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Showing 33113320 of 4643 articles for Art. 14 nov. 2006

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-16

…any member of a collective shop may refer any decision taken pursuant to articles L. 125-12, L. 125-14and the third paragraph of Article L. 125-15. The court may annul or reform the decision referred…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-20

…s set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 312-14, L. 312-15, L. 312-16, L. 332-8, L. 332-9 and L. 332-10, in the second paragraph of article L. 33…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-67

…cle L. 227-1, articles L. 227-13 to L. 227-16, L. 227-18, L. 231-1 to L. 231-8, L. 233-8 and L. 441-14 of the French Commercial Code do not apply to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-2

…e necessary competence to examine the project, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 1123-14 or Article L. 1123-16. It may only request one opinion per clinical investigation project. In the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-2

…e necessary competence to examine the project, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 1123-14 or Article L. 1123-16. It may only request one opinion per performance study project. In the even…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-2

In order to carry out the tasks provided for in 4°, 10°, 11° and 14° of article L. 1418-1, the Agency shall appoint inspectors from among its staff to carry out the relevant checks and investigations…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L171-2

…2-22, L. 172-28, L. 172-31, L. 173-22-1, L. 175-7, L. 175-8, L. 175-9, L. 175-12, L. 175-13, L. 175-14 (first, second, fourth and fifth paragraphs), L. 175-15, L. 175-16 (second and third paragraphs),…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantee institutions against the risk of non-payment.

Article L3253-16

The guarantee institutions referred to in article L. 3253-14 are subrogated to the rights of employees for whom they have made advances: 1° For all claims, during a safeguard procedure ; 2° For claims…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L541-1

…2-33, L. 512-39 to L. 512-50 and L. 531-1 to L. 531-5 Resulting from the ordonnance no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article R50-10

Where the claim for compensation is based on Article 706-14, the request shall also contain: 1° An indication of the amount of the applicant's resources with the relevant supporting documents, in part…

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