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Showing 54615470 of 35571 articles for Art. CA Amiens 27 March 1968 · Cass. com. 8 October 1991 · Cass. com. 24 November 1992 n° 91-11.055 · Cass. com. 11 January 2000 · CA Paris 17 January 2008 · Cass. com. 26 February 1979 · CA Paris 24 September 1991 · Cass. com. 26 October 1999

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Lapse of sums held in an automatic account

Article 123-8

…ccount must be invested by the account holder within one of the time limits set as follows for each category of aid concerned:1° In the case of automatic financial support for the production of featur…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-1-1

…the author and under the conditions set out in the binding agreement referred to in article L. 132-17-8.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: The equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article D221-113-7

…ovisions of articles 91 quater G to 91 quater K ter of appendix II to the general tax code are applicable to the share savings plan intended for the financing of small and medium-sized companies and c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Time savings account.

Article R6152-809

…account in this administration of employment, in the event of secondment to one of the bodies, job categories or jobs governed by the general status of the civil service;3° In the event of availabili…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Requirements relating to the design and installation of electrical installations

Article R4215-8

In the event of an emergency, devices are available to cut off the power supply to circuits or groups of circuits in the event of an unexpected danger of electric shock, fire or explosion.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R121-11

…s of the French Office for Immigration and Integration may delegate some of its powers mentioned in 11° and 12° of Article R. 121-9 to the Director General, under the conditions it determines. The Dir…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunctions to economic operators

Article R4314-11

In the absence of appropriate measures taken by the economic operator concerned after the notification provided for in Article R. 4314-10, the market surveillance authority may order him to take the f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-11

…ia remission of the High Council's debts, except for the contribution mentioned in II of Article L. 821-5 and the contributions mentioned in I and II in Article L. 821-6-1;1° bis At the justified requ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Distribution of electronic money

Article L525-11

…ctronic money holders for electronic money distributed by the persons referred to in Article L. 525-8.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Miscellaneous measures relating to health organisation.

Article L6121-11

The regulatory measures provided for in article L. 6121-8 shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and, unless otherwise provided and as necessary, the procedures for applying the other pro…

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