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Showing 18311840 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Sampling.

Article R5127-11

Samples taken do not give rise to any payment by the State or, as the case may be, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking whose registered office is outside the European Union

Article L356-11

…e L. 356-2, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall verify whether the insurance and reinsurance undertakings are subject by the supervisory authority of the ultimate parent underta…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Exclusions at the buyer's discretion

Article L2141-11

…hat person in a position to provide evidence that he has taken steps to demonstrate his reliability and, where appropriate, that his participation in the contract award procedure is not likely to prej…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to samples taken for the purposes of investigating offences

Article R512-11

…in addition to a brief description of the sampling procedures, includes a description of the marks and labels affixed to the envelopes or containers. It also indicates the size of the batch of goods…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L5134-112

…loi d'avenir, subject to the specific provisions set out in this section. Personalised professional and, where applicable, social monitoring of the beneficiary of a future job is provided during worki…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article R7122-11

…will inform the live performance promoter by any means, inviting him to submit written observations and, where appropriate, to regularise his situation within a period of one month from this notificat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Unions of mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-114

…ompanies may only distribute surplus income in accordance with the provisions of Articles R. 322-73 and R. 322-74 and, in addition, only after reimbursing the contribution paid, where applicable, by t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article R814-11

The term of office of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and officers ends when they cease to fulfil the conditions for membership of the National Council. They shall then be replaced within three months. In…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11

…ntities that control it or that are controlled by it in the European Union, within the meaning of I and II of Article L. 233-3, the services mentioned in e of paragraph 1 of Article 5 of Regulation (E…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Unions of mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-116

…h a union constituted under the terms of article L. 322-26-3 must specify that the union is jointly and severally liable, vis-à-vis policyholders and third parties, for all the commitments of the mutu…

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