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Showing 68516860 of 65950 articles for Art. CJUE 30-9-2021 aff. 299/20 and ord. 10-2-2022 aff. 191/21

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-10

…rmful consequences of research involving the human person for the person who undergoes the research and for those of his successors in title, unless he can prove that the damage is not attributable to…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-10

…tory auditors' permanent mission, excluding any interference in management, is to verify the values and accounting documents of the person or entity whose accounts they are responsible for certifying…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article R4524-10

…on policy they are implementing; 2° The safety management systems implemented in each establishment and the results of checks on these systems, audits and management reviews organised by the heads of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
a : Communications and notifications applicable when the appellant is the claimant or the judicial agent of the State

Article R40-9

…the secretary of the commission shall send a copy to the public prosecutor at the Cour de cassation and, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to the person listed in 1° and 2° of Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-59

…ment board or exercising the functions of chief executive officer or deputy chief executive officer and by employees with knowledge of inside information, within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D72-101-15

…ulation;3° Actual operating revenue/population;4° Gross capital expenditure/population;5° Debt outstanding/population;6° Overall operating grant/population ;7° Personnel expenditure/ actual operating…

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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

…documents, in particular a copy of his or her income tax return for the year preceding the offence and the year preceding the year in which the matter is referred to the commission or, if he or she i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Zonal mobilisation plan

Article R3131-9

…onsible for the establishment of reference shall include, in the multiannual contract of objectives and resources concluded with the establishment of reference in application of article L. 6114-1, the…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Cancellation and rectification of civil status records

Article 99-1

The civil registrar rectifies purely material errors or omissions vitiating the statements and entries made in the margins of the civil status records for which he or she is the custodian and the list…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Form, statements and registration of retail declarations.

Article 99 bis

For the application of this Code, and in particular of duties and taxes, prohibitions and other measures, declarations lodged in advance only take effect, with all the consequences attached to registr…

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