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Showing 89018910 of 30455 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. avis 20-10-2022 n° 22-70.011 B

French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter: Administrative penalties

Article R6241-2

…the offences mentioned in 19°, 21° and 22° of Article L. 6241-1, when the offender is not a medical biology laboratory, the procedure provided for in I, II and IV of Article R. 6241-1 is applicable.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-3

…pening the judicial liquidation has the same effects as those provided for in the case of safeguard by the first and third paragraphs of I and by III of Article L. 622-7, by the articles L. 622-21 and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article R123-276

…in Article L. 123-43 and the checks provided for in Articles L. 123-44 to L. 123-47 are carried out by the president of the regional chamber of trades and crafts or, by delegation, the president of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R252

…of this Code in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the terms listed below are replaced as follows:1° "département" by "collectivité d'outre-mer" or "Nouvelle-Calédonie"…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…polis and the compendium of administrative acts of the metropolis ; 2° Functional allowances, contributions to the general social security scheme, contributions to pension schemes, contributions to th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-28

I.-The rules set out in articles R. 356-26 and R. 356-27 cease to apply to the subsidiaries referred to in I of article R. 356-24 in the following cases: a) The condition referred to in a of I of arti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for construction insurance

Article A421-13

The rates of the contribution to the guarantee fund provided for in I of Article L. 421-10-1 are set as follows: 1° The rate applicable to the difference between the premiums for the last ten financia…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Ethics, Science and Education Committee

Article R1261-17

I.-The ethics, scientific and educational committee mentioned in article R. 1261-15 must be referred to by the head of the body reception facility concerning: 1° Medical training programmes and resear…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-16

…es d'achat en commun de commerçants détaillants et leurs unions constituées sous l'empire de la loi n° 49-1070 du 2 août 1949 are deemed to satisfy the provisions of this chapter without the need for…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties common to home loans and consumer credit

Article L354-3

The following shall apply in French Polynesia, New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in Article L. 354-1, the provisions of the articles mentioned in…

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