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Showing 45214530 of 41680 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 4-7-2012 n° 11-13.384

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions relating to health, safety and working conditions

Article R114-72

The appointment by the director of the centre, who is head of department within the meaning of the aforementioned decree of 28 May 1982, of a prevention assistant and, where applicable, a prevention a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-79

Disputes relating to the cheque-writing ban are referred to the civil courts.Legal action before the civil court has no suspensive effect. However, the court seised may, even in summary proceedings, o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Sentence adjustment procedure applicable to released prisoners

Article D147-7

In the event of a combination of convictions, at least one of which was handed down for acts committed in a state of legal recidivism, these provisions shall be applied only if the total prison senten…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, entry on the list, articles of association and registration.

Article R814-71

In the event of the formation of companies by way of merger or division, the articles R. 814-59 to R. 814-62, R. 814-69, R. 814-70, R. 814-117, R. 814-122-1 and R. 814-148 are applicable.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Labelling.

Article R5141-75

In the case of small immediate packaging other than ampoules containing only one dose of use and on which it is impossible to include all the information provided for in Article R. 5141-74, the inform…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Conversion to attachment for payment

Article R523-7

A creditor who obtains a writ of execution recording the existence of his claim shall serve on the garnishee a conversion deed which contains, under penalty of nullity : 1° A reference to the writ of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 311-79

Selective financial aid is awarded to production companies that do not hold an automatic audiovisual production account for the production of audiovisual works that belong to one of the following genr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article L662-7

On pain of nullity of the judgment, the following may not sit on the judgment panels or take part in the deliberation of the proceedings: 1° The president of the court, if he has heard the debtor purs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Powers and funding of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee

Article R1432-73

The Agency and Working Conditions Committee's resources for social and cultural activities are made up of :1° The contribution paid by the agency for the operation of the agency's social institutions…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-7

The declaration provided for in 1° and 2° of Article L. 6221-4shall be sent by the medical biology laboratory established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the…

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