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Showing 21212130 of 31856 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 14 June 2000 · Cass. com. 18 January 2011 · Cass. com. 22 March 2017 · CA Versailles 21 December 2001 · Cass. com. 11 July 2000

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central organisation

Article R515-18

…icle R. 515-12 ; 4° The financial assistance referred to in articles R. 515-9, R. 515-10 and R. 515-11 and the regulations provided for in the latter article; 5° Agreements entered into pursuant to th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Calculating individual income

Article 117

…unt of distributions as it results from the declarations of the legal entity referred to in Article 116, the latter is asked to provide the administration, within thirty days, with any additional info…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligations of those involved in reactovigilance.

Article R5222-18

For a new device, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, at any time and for a period of two years following the declaration provided for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Importation of packaged natural mineral waters

Article R1322-44-22

…tribution in the form of samples or for consumption at special events where it is not sold. In this case, the operator must present a document to the customs authorities certifying that there is no in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-18

…he information mentioned in article D. 1332-17 as well as the summary of public comments are communicated by the municipality to the Prefect and the Director General of the Regional Health Agency by 3…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-18

…Book shall apply to the receivership proceedings, subject to the following provisions. For the application of the fourth paragraph of Article L. 623-3, the consultation concerns the measures that the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21-3

The certificate referred to in article R. 211-21-2 is issued by the insurance undertaking within a maximum of fifteen days of taking out the contract and renewed when subsequent premiums or portions o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-21

…ative control of the State representative in the department, the mayor is generally responsible for carrying out the decisions of the town council and, in particular: 1° Preserving and administering t…

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

Article R511-18

…1 of Article 450 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 published by credit institutions, financial holding companies, mixed financial holding com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-183

…administered to patients. The purpose of this monitoring is, in particular, to enable rapid identification of : 1° The blood samples from which a given batch of medicinal products was manufactured, an…

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