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Showing 241250 of 43523 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 18 April 1967 · Cass. civ. 25 March 1992 · Cass. com. 4 January 1994 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 December 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 June 2011

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-25

…h article L. 2223-23;2° Repealed3° Non-exercise of the activities in respect of which it was issued;4° Offence to public order or danger to public health.In the case of a delegate, withdrawal of autho…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 612-25

…broadcasting strategy and, where applicable, the service's potential for international development;4° The accessibility of the works to the deaf or hard of hearing as well as the blind or partially s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Informing families (R).

Article R2223-25

General documentation and quotations must include an indication of the name, legal representative and address of the operator and, where applicable, its registration number in the Trade Register or th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article R621-18

…e or that the granting of a delay by the accounting officer is in the interests of the Autorité des marchés financiers.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-25

…g the proprietary medicinal product for the medicinal product concerned, accompanied by its summary;4° Therapeutic indications, contraindications and adverse reactions; 5° Dosage, pharmaceutical form,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 256

…are in a state of indictment or in absentia and those who are under warrant of committal or arrest; 4° Civil servants and agents of the State, departments and communes, dismissed from their functions;…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Simple livestock.

Article 1808

In the event of a dispute, the lessee is required to prove the fortuitous event, and the lessor is required to prove the fault he imputes to the lessee.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-25

…rator or liquidator has been appointed for a credit institution in accordance with Articles L. 612-34 and L. 613-24, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, after obtaining the opini…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Labelling and presentation of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs

Article R412-18

The implementing measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 include: 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 4, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 J…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3121-25

Pursuant to the fourth paragraph of article L. 3121-41 and the seventh paragraph of article L. 3121-44, overtime means hours worked : 1° More than thirty-nine hours per week. 2° Over and above the ave…

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