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Showing 46614670 of 34202 articles for Art. Cass. 1e civ. avis 6-12-2018 n° 18-70.011

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-6

The Agency's staff are governed by the provisions of articles L. 5323-1 to L. 5323-4. The members of the Agency's Board of Directors and any other persons in possession of information held by the Agen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Non-profit associations, public interest foundations and companies authorised to carry out certain banking transactions.

Article R518-63

A committee responsible for issuing an opinion on the applications for authorisation referred to in article L. 313-21-1 is placed under the authority of the Minister for the Economy.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: First and second category operations.

Article R4532-69

The specific safety plan may be consulted for advice by the works doctor and members of the social and economic committees before any work is carried out on the site.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Provisional profit and loss account for training schools and institutes.

Article R6145-61

At the end of the financial year, and after the vote on the financial account provided for in article R. 6145-44, the director of the managing establishment sends the President of the Regional Council…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-46

The investigating chamber before which the requested person has appeared shall hear any request from the competent authorities of the issuing Member State to consent to prosecution or to the enforceme…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article D512-6

…sted in their inspections by: 1° State civil servants and contractual agents governed by the décret n° 86-83 du 17 janvier 1986 relatif aux dispositions générales applicables aux agents contractuels d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIc: Enforcement of sentences and probation decisions in application of the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 27 November 2008

Article 764-6

Any conviction or probation decision transmitted pursuant to this Title for the purpose of recognition and monitoring in the territory of the executing State shall be accompanied by a certificate spec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-6

A provider of equity crowdfunding services wishing to engage in the activity referred to in Article L. 547-4 shall submit an application to the Autorité des marchés financiers, either when applying fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article R310-6

The postponement of the date of the liquidation sale indicated in the declaration mentioned in article R. 310-2 shall be the subject of prior notification to the mayor by registered letter with acknow…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-6

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat, issued after consultation with the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, determines the conditions for application of articles L. 5427-1 to L. 5427-5.

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