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Showing 231240 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 Labour CodeIn force
Section 15: Other control systems

Article R4451-135

The employer shall make available to the radiation protection inspectors referred to in Article L. 1333-29 of the Public Health Code, to the agents referred to in Article L. 1333-30 of the same Code a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-13

…wyers and filed with a notary, as well as decisions relating to the exercise of parental authority, may be amended or supplemented at any time by the judge, at the request of the parties or of a paren…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-2

…g of a unique identifier and a tamper-evident device, under the conditions set out in articles R. 5121-138-1 and R. 5121-138-3. II.-The unique identifier allows persons whose activity is the wholesale…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-13-2

…uct : 1° Has a marketing authorisation issued by the European Union pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company

Article R743-139-22

Natural or legal persons practising as court-appointed administrators or judicial representatives may not hold, either directly or indirectly, shares or corporate units in a société de participations…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Right of access and request for rectification or deletion

Article R53-21-13

…his period, or if the magistrate does not order the rectification or deletion, the interested party may refer the matter to the liberty and custody judge for the same purpose within ten days by regist…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3a: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against notifications made by the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-13

…eal or his delegate shall set the time limits within which the minister responsible for the economy may submit written observations. It sets the time limits within which the Minister for the Economy m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Control of the company

Article R743-139-28

…ners in such a company or in companies holding an office that are the subject of equity investments may give rise to disciplinary proceedings.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-13-2

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 26-6 of Law No 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the Statute for a Cooperative Society, the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution is competent t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-13

Minutes are drawn up by the committee secretariat. They shall indicate the names and positions of the members present or represented, the dossiers examined during the meeting and the meaning of each o…

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