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Showing 50015010 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 1: Payment service providers

Article D773-11

Article D. 521-1 is applicable in New Caledonia as amended by Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article R335-11

…les 9, 12 and 16 of Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Gas distribution and transport (R).

Article R2333-114-1

…each year to a municipality, a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or a mixed syndicate for the temporary occupation of its public domain by work sites on gas transmission network str…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-11

…the persons who take part in it, apart from the reimbursement of expenses incurred and, where applicable, compensation for constraints suffered paid by the promoter. The total amount of compensation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract

Article L5134-115

The employment contract associated with a job with a future can be open-ended or fixed-term. A fixed-term contract is concluded for a period of thirty-six months. In the event of special circumstances…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Payment service providers

Article D774-11

Article D. 521-1 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-11

Within a period set by regulation from receipt of the application or, if the application is incomplete, within the same period from receipt of all the information necessary for the decision, the Autor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opticians.

Article L4362-11

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 5211-5 , the following shall be determined by decree:1° The rules governing practice and, where necessary, equipment ;2° The conditions of validity of the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 5: Notifications and copies of decisions

Article 1180-16

Any decision of the judge is notified, at the registry's behest, to the applicant, the parents and, where applicable, the ad hoc administrator.A minor who has reached the age of sixteen is notified of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: European companies.

Article R123-119

…Community or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the provisions of article R. 123-110 apply with the exception of the third paragraph. En outre, est déposé au greffe du nouveau siège…

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