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Showing 75117520 of 26199 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 18-12-2012 n° 11-28.251

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: State services and property made available to the territorial collectivity of Corsica

Article L4422-43

…lectivity of Corsica under the conditions provided for in article L. 4151-1 and article 16-3 of law n° 72-619 du 5 juillet 1972 portant création et organisation des régions. However, the services or p…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical health centres.

Article D6124-418

The children's section, for children over 18 or 24 months of age, is made up of single rooms accounting for at least two-fifths of the total number of beds, and rooms with between two and a maximum of…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for early access authorisation

Article R5121-68

I.-The application for authorisation to obtain the early access provided for in Article L. 5121-12 is sent by electronic means, by the holder of the exploitation rights or his authorised representativ…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-15

The representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office at the court which handed down the sentencing decision shall be competent to forward to the competent authority of another Member State of the Euro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Infringements relating to Regulation (EU) No 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on interchange fees for card-related payment transactions

Article L361-1

Breaches of the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on interchange fees for card-related payment transactions, detected pursuant to…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Jurisdiction over vocational training and apprenticeships where there is no social and economic committee

Article R2312-60

In undertakings or bodies in which the responsibilities of the social and economic committee are devolved to staff representation bodies provided for by provisions other than those of the present code…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Informing families (R).

Article R2223-32-1

Authorised agencies, companies or associations, in accordance with article L. 2223-23, who organise the funeral of a person whose body is to be cremated, under the conditions set out in article R. 221…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions relating to the preparation of preventive resolution plans

Article A311-4

The preventive resolution plans referred to in article L. 311-8 shall include, quantifying them wherever necessary and possible, the following elements: 1° A description of the legal and organisationa…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article L721-7

The specifications for a specific geographical indication: 1° The name thereof; 2° The product concerned; 3° The delimitation of the associated geographical area or specific place; 4° The quality, rep…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2224-3

…s and clauses of treaties or specifications which, prior to the date of entry into force of the loi n° 88-13 du 5 janvier 1988 d'amélioration de la décentralisation, have provided for the assumption o…

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