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Showing 55115520 of 32584 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 9-7-2014 n° 13-15.948

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1711-7

Articles R. 1424-1 to R. 1425-25, as well as 1°, 2° and 4° of article R. 1615-2 are applicable to Mayotte from 1 January 2014.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R631-7

…ds: "la loi n° 90-449 du 31 mai 1990 visant à la mise en œuvre du…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 713-8 AND A. 713-11)

Article Annexe 7-2

ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF TERRITORIAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRYYou can consult the JORF n° 0234 of 7 October 2021, text n° 36, at the following address: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/download/pd…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for systemic medicinal treatments for cancer

Article R6123-94-1-1

The establishment authorised to provide systemic medicinal treatments for cancer with a C rating complies with the obligations imposed on holders of authorisations for medicine caring for children and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D47-9-1

I.-The provisions of I, II, III and IV of article D. 1er-13 are applicable to transmissions of information made pursuant to article 706-47-4. II.-The list of professions and activities exercised by th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-45

Information transmitted by the departments and units referred to in article 695-9-31 may be used by the receiving department as evidence, unless otherwise stated at the time of transmission.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation of the High Council

Article R821-7

The High Council reports on the performance of its missions and its resources in an annual report drawn up pursuant to Article 21 of Law no. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general status of indepen…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Personal rehabilitation without compulsory liquidation ordered by the court hearing an appeal against the measures imposed

Article L741-7

When the protection litigation judge rules pursuant to article L. 733-13, personal recovery without judicial liquidation has the effects mentioned in article L. 741-2. However, in this case, the debts…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-55

For the application of article 695-9-54, the provisions of Article 11 relating to the secrecy of the investigation and inquiry shall not prevent the communication by the competent judicial authority p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article L522-9-1

The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs may, at the same time as informing the accused person in writing of the sanction envisaged against him under the condition…

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