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Showing 11911200 of 37142 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 1996 · Cass. com. 15 September 2009 · Cass. com. 16 January 1973 · Cass. 1re civ. 14 March 1962 · Cass. com. 12 November 2008 · Cass. com. 9 October 2019 n° 18-13.286

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules for use and hygiene applicable to collective water misting systems

Article R1335-19

The operator of a collective water misting system must :1° Maintain the system to ensure that it is in good working order;2° Monitor the quality of the water present in the system at a frequency appro…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Examination of the application

Article 1220

The guardianship judge may, in all cases where he or she is obliged or considers it useful to hear the person to be protected or protected, travel throughout the jurisdiction of the court of appeal as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L775-19

…f the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 525-1 law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 525-2 Order no. 2013-792 of 30 August 2013 L. 525-3 and L. 525-4 law no. 2013-100 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-16

I - The financial indices mentioned in article R. 214-15 meet the following conditions:1° Their composition is sufficiently diversified, in the sense that the following criteria are met:a) The index i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting occupational exposure limit values

Article R4412-149

…short term (4) mg/ m3 (5) ppm (6) fibres per cm3 mg/ m3 ppm fibres per cm3 Ethyl acetate 205-500-4 141-78-6 734 200 - 1468 400 - - - Isobutyl acetate 203-745-1 110-19-0 241 50 - 723 150 - - Comes int…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medicinal products covered by an early access authorisation or a compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-145

The labelling of the medicinal products mentioned in II of article L. 5121-12-1 includes at least the following information: 1° The name of the medicinal product or, where appropriate, its code name o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Assessment procedure

Article 1503

…nd the communal direct tax commission draw up the list of reference premises referred to in article 1496, determine their weighted surface area and establish the corresponding assessment rates. The ta…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Contracts for the commissioning of one or more artistic works to be created

Article R2172-14

…Total compensation may not exceed 20% of the amount defined in article 2 of decree no. 2002-677 of 29 April 2002 relating to the obligation to decorate public buildings and specifying the conditions f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Assessment procedure

Article 1508

…resulting from the defect or inaccuracy of the built property declarations provided for in articles 1406 and 1502, and those provided for in XVII of article 34 of law n° 2010-1658 du 29 décembre 2010…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Administrative and technical committee of the fire and rescue services (R)

Article R1424-18

The administrative and technical committee of the fire and rescue services mentioned in article L. 1424-31 comprises, in addition to the two referents mentioned in 3° of this article:1° The department…

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