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Showing 49814990 of 56154 articles for Art. 413-6 · C. com. Art. L 121-5 · Cass. 1re civ. 25 November 1986 · Cass. com. 21 October 2014 n° 13-22.428

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-6

Athletes who make up the target group, designated for one year by the competent local authority from among : 1° Athletes registered on the list of top-level athletes or the list of promising athletes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-5

The preparation, import, export, wholesale distribution and brokering of medicinal products, as well as pharmacovigilance, must be carried out in accordance with good practice, the principles of which…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judgment on liability

Article 849-13

The information measures ordered by the judge shall include, in addition to any particulars prescribed by the judgment: 1° A reproduction of the operative part of the decision; 2° Depending on whether…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Deposit guarantee mechanism and resolution funding mechanism

Article L312-6-1

Where the European Commission takes a decision pursuant to Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014 on the compatibility of recourse t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-138

The services relating to the rechargeable mortgage (numbers 125 to 127 of Table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional fee:1° With regard to the agreement to recharge a mortgage, according t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-13

A record of the hearing of the person concerned shall be drawn up by the member of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique designated pursuant to IV of article 4 of l…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Visits and seizures

Article L512-63

The person against whom the order mentioned in article L. 512-52 has been taken may appeal against it to the first president of the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction the judge authorised the m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-6

Failure to comply with the obligation to inform the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-13

The industrial tribunal members meet in a general meeting, in a section meeting and, where applicable, in a chamber meeting, each year during the month of January in the following order:1° The general…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Development of cross-border apprenticeships

Article L6235-5

I.- Book III of this Part, in its provisions applicable to apprenticeships, is applicable to cross-border apprenticeships. II.By way of derogation from I, the following provisions do not apply: 1° Whe…

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