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Showing 38713880 of 23443 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 13 April 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 13 July 2004 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 June 1971

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8

…ent costs of ports transferred pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 6 of Law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing Law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relating to the division of powers between co…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative fine for late payment

Article L2192-15

The public undertakings defined in II ofArticle 1 of Order no. 2004-503 of 7 June 2004 transposing Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and the contrac…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative fine for late payment

Article L3133-14

The public undertakings defined in II of Article 1 of Order no. 2004-503 of 7 June 2004 transposing Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and the contra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Mergers

Article L2312-41

…le L. 430-3 of the same code, or by the European Commission pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) no. 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on mergers. During this meeting, the social and economic committee or, w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to eligible compensation

Article D533-14

…rwise be classified as an eligible counterparty in accordance with the provisions of Article D. 533-13. An investment service provider other than an asset management company may, at the request of a p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Information system for the personal training account and the individual right to training for local elected representatives

Article R6323-38

I.-Information in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 shall appear on the website of the automated p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-18

…nt of the state of health of one of the parties. Without prejudice to II and III of article L. 1111-13-1, access to this file may not be requested either prior to the conclusion of a contract, or at a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Drinks outlets.

Article L3352-1

A fine of €3,750 is imposed for opening : 1° Subject to the provisions of article L. 3335-11, opening a 3rd category on-trade public house in municipalities where the total number of establishments of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L773-29

…e fields of the economy, health, labour, transport and agricultureL. 532-2 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 532-3, L. 532-3-1, L. 532-4 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 532-6 Order no. 2021…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L774-29

…e fields of the economy, health, labour, transport and agricultureL. 532-2 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 532-3, L. 532-3-1, L. 532-4 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 532-6 Order no. 2021…

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