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Showing 291300 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 Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Crédit Mutuel.

Article R512-25

Members of the Crédit Mutuel network are notified of the sanctions to which they are liable and invited to express their observations or to be represented at the meeting of the Confédération Nationale…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions.

Article L7123-25

Any person operating a modelling agency who has drawn up an employment contract that does not include a precise definition of its purpose, in breach of the provisions of article L. 7123-5, is liable t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Additional designations

Article R1441-25

…ise, as necessary and at least once a year, the additional appointments provided for in article L. 1441-25.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R515-25

…tutory auditors appointed in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 511-38, D. 511-8, D. 511-9 and D. 612-53 to R. 612-60. The statutory auditors are subject to the obligations set out in artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: National Council.

Article D4233-25

Before the election takes place, the pairs of candidates and their alternates send or hand in their nomination papers and any circulars to the President of their Central Council, who forwards them to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Criminal penalties

Article 1838

…tax, ((shall be subject to dismissal in the event of complicity in the offence specified in Article 1837)) (1). (1) Amendments.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties of dental surgeons in relation to social medicine.

Article R4127-252

Except in emergencies, no one may be both a dental surgeon in charge of a control mission and a treating dental surgeon for the same patient. This prohibition extends to members of the patient's famil…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-25

The offer mentioned in article L. 313-24 :1° Mention the identity of the parties and any declared guarantors;2° Specify the nature, purpose, terms and conditions of the loan, in particular those relat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspectorate of the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R1418-25

The information gathered in the course of the inspection shall be the subject of a report sent by the inspector in charge of the inspection to the Director General of the Agency. This report is sent t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R61-25

When it decides to admit a person to a measure involving placement under mobile electronic surveillance, the sentence enforcement court shall notify the person of the conditions under which the measur…

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