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Showing 42214230 of 23443 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 13 April 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 13 July 2004 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 June 1971

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to hazardous substances and mixtures.

Article L1342-1

…abelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.This declaration is sent to one or more bodies…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification and verification of the identity of occasional customers

Article D561-10-2

The threshold mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 561-13 is set at 2,000 euros per session. The threshold referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 561-13 is set at €2,000 per sessi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-9

…for in Article 48 of Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, the recognition and enforcement of decisions and the acce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1313-18

…cruits, appoints and manages the civil servants whose status is governed by decree no. 98-695 of 30 July 1998, amended by decree no. 99-242 of 26 March 1999, relating to the special status of research…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Illegal practice.

Article L4161-2

…in particular by articles L. 4111-7 and L. 4141-3-1, as well as by article 8 of law no. 71-1026 of 24 December 1971 amending the public health code; 2° Any person who, in possession of a valid title,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-6

…struction, damage and deterioration punishable by the articles 221-1 à 221-4,222-1 to 222-18, 225-4-13 and 322-1 to 322-13 of the Penal Code, when these acts have been committed because of the victim'…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Access to documents and supporting documents.

Article L6362-2

…the documents and records establishing compliance with the obligations mentioned in article L. 6323-13. Failing this, the employer shall not be deemed to have fulfilled the obligations incumbent upon…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article L621-2

…pplies where the debtor has committed a serious breach of the obligations set out in Article L. 526-13 or fraud against a creditor holding a general lien on the assets covered by the proceedings.For t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Groups of economic operators and subcontractors

Article L2341-7

The provisions of articles L. 2141-13 and L. 2141-14 apply.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Breaches of the rules concerning the design, manufacture and marketing of work equipment and personal protective equipment

Article L4755-3

…aning of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and product conformity and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regula…

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