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Showing 79117920 of 23074 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 20-12-2000 n° 1765

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Establishments manufacturing, importing or distributing medicated feed.

Article R5142-54

Where the last paragraph of Article L. 5142-1 is applied, in the establishments of the companies mentioned in 11°, 12°, 13° and 14° of Article R. 5142-1, the pharmacist or veterinarian responsible for…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Discipline

Article R6152-930

The disciplinary sanctions applicable to associate practitioners are : 1° A warning ; 2° a reprimand 3° Temporary exclusion from service for a period not exceeding six months and deprivation of all re…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-27

The professional practice standards relating to the justification of assessments in the statutory auditor's reports on the annual and consolidated financial statements, approved by the Minister of Jus…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Fixed procedural fees

Article 1018 A

The decisions of the criminal courts, with the exception of those that only rule on civil interests, are subject to a fixed procedural fee payable by each convicted person.This fee is:1° 31 € for crim…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-36

I.-On receipt of a reasoned request from the employer specifying the compensatory measures he is planning, the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment or the au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article R621-11

In addition to the powers conferred on him by the application of the first paragraphs of Articles 16 and 18 of the above-mentioned Act of 20 January 2017 , the Chairman shall exercise the powers of th…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-3

Manufacturers, importers, operators, stockists, wholesaler-distributors, wholesale distributors of pharmaceutical products other than medicinal products, wholesale distributors of medicinal plants, wh…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-24

…rench Commercial Code, or, in the system prior to these provisions, pursuant to Title II of the loi n° 67-563 du 13 juillet 1967 sur le règlement judiciaire, la liquidation des biens, la faillite pers…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application

Article L611-1

…tion of consumer disputes: a conventional mediation process, as defined in the article 21 de la loi n° 95-125 du 8 février 1995 relative à l'organisation des juridictions et de la procédure civile, pé…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article L2333-26

…article L. 321-2 of the Environment Code;3° Mountain municipalities, within the meaning of the loi n° 85-30 du 9 janvier 1985 relative au développement et à la protection de la montagne;4° Des commun…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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