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Showing 10111020 of 61852 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 4 December 2013 · Cass. com. 15 November 2005 · Cass. com. 2 April 1974 · Cass. com. 13 May 1980

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-4

…résolution shall take a decision, on an individual or sub-consolidated basis within the meaning of 49 of paragraph 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers (R).

Article R2511-15

The municipal commission provided for in article L. 2511-20 comprises one representative of each arrondissement mayor and an equal number of representatives of the commune mayor. The municipal commiss…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mediation procedure

Article R2523-15

…r a dispute whose impact extends to more than one region, or in the case provided for in Article R. 2523-5, the documents mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 2523-7 are published in the Jo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to elections to the various disciplinary boards and chambers

Article R4125-15

In the event of an on-the-spot vote, the electors are brought together to vote. The Chairman of the Council concerned, or one of his duly authorised representatives, opens the meeting and invites the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The European Small Claims Procedure.

Article 1382

This chapter relates to the European Small Claims Procedure provided for in Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Clai…

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

Article 421-20

Support for enhanced development will not be granted for projects that are the subject of a contract for the purchase of broadcasting rights by a television service publisher on the date they are exam…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Removal of goods from their place of detention

Article R512-15

…r no circumstances alter the condition of the samples entrusted to him. The guarantee measures that may be imposed are set by the order mentioned in Article R. 512-12.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-15

…on shall be informed ten days before the date of the adversarial hearing provided for in articles 712-6,712-7 and 712-8 by registered letter if he or she is not imprisoned and by the prison registry o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all national interest markets

Article A761-15

The Disciplinary Board is chaired by a representative of the manager; the Departmental Director of Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DDCCRF), the Departmental Director of Agriculture an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Administrative penalties.

Article R5426-15

The Director referred to in article R. 5312-26 may impose the penalty provided for in this article for deliberate acts, in accordance with the procedures set out in article L. 5426-9 et seq. When cons…

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