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Showing 231240 of 35538 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. – 4 Apr. 2024 – no. 21-22.949

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 212-39

The maximum amount of support is €21,000, including a maximum of €9,000 for the author.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article R533-21

…ents that may be fully converted into Tier 1 core capital instruments as defined by Regulation (EU) no. 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R4234-21

The death of the pharmacist being prosecuted immediately and definitively terminates the proceedings before both the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance and the National Disciplinary Chamber. In ca…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions under which the purchaser may reject the subcontractor proposed by the contractor

Article R2393-21

For the purposes of Article L. 2393-8, the capabilities of subcontractors are assessed in particular with regard to the security of information, the security of supplies or the ability to perform the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-21

On a proposal from the most representative departmental emergency medical transport association referred to in article R. 6312-20 and after obtaining the opinion of the medical transport sub-committee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Arbitration.

Article R742-21

…f the award are also filed in accordance with the conditions and time limits set out in article R. 742-3.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases

Article L242-21

The provisions of articles L. 242-2 to L. 242-5 relating to the formation of sociétés anonymes are applicable in the event of a capital increase.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Alcoholic beverages

Article R412-21

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 :1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 7,9 to 18,21,22,29,36,38,45 and 48 of Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Counc…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Retention period

Article R2391-21

The provisions of article R. 2191-32 apply.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Group membership

Article R623-21

The consumer may terminate the mandate at any time. He must inform the association of this by any means that allows receipt to be acknowledged, and the association will notify the professional without…

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