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Showing 20612070 of 64636 articles for Art. CE 12-5-2022 n° 416727 and CE 27-3-2020 n° 428234

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-12

When they observe an infringement, the authorised officers may take a sample of the goods or a copy thereof to be used as evidence. A report will be drawn up when a sample is taken.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article L742-12

The trustee draws up a balance sheet of the debtor's economic and social situation, verifies the claims and assesses the assets and liabilities.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article R742-12

The declaration of claims shall include the amount in principal, interest, incidentals and costs of the claim on the day it is declared, the origin of the claim, the nature of any lien or security att…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-12

The minimum annual amount of profit-sharing is the credit balance of the profit-sharing account defined in I of article A. 132-11 for the operations mentioned in this same I. The minimum annual amount…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-12

…provided by the institution on behalf of the body responsible for managing the unemployment insurance scheme or on behalf of the State are subject to the litigation arrangements applicable to them pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-12

…groups mentioned in Article L. 5143-6, the professionals mentioned in Article L. 235-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code and practising on-farm mixing within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2019/4…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-12

…difficulties arising from the implementation of the provisions relating to the teaching of pharmacy and biology to pharmacy students in the internal use pharmacies and laboratories of the regional hos…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-12

When the patient's care pathway includes tests, collection and processing of biological signals for which a prescription has been issued and which require a measuring device, the medical biologist sha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-12

The consolidated profit and loss account drawn up in accordance with a model established by a regulation of the Autorité des normes comptables (French accounting standards authority) shows at least th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Biological analyses and screening tests.

Article D1221-12

…ions under which, in order to meet overriding therapeutic needs or to take account of the rarity of certain erythrocyte blood groups, labile blood products for direct therapeutic use, prepared from bl…

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