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Showing 63616370 of 49658 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 27-2-1991 n° 410

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Authorities whose purpose is to combat excessive prices for essential foodstuffs

Article L2221-20

When the balance sheet, for two consecutive years, shows a loss greater than half the capital of the first establishment, the representative of the State in the department may withdraw the authorisati…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R335-2

Any advertisement or instructions for use relating to a means enabling the removal or neutralisation of any technical device protecting software, which does not include a statement in conspicuous char…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Electrical installations and precautions against static electricity

Article R4462-24

The electrical installation in each building or premises where pyrotechnic activities are carried out must include a device enabling the power supply to the building or premises to be cut off in an em…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-24

Personal data may not be kept for more than five years. However, in the event of a dispute relating to a claim for compensation, the corresponding data is kept until the case is finally settled. The r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-28

Applications for authorisation and, where appropriate, for renewal of authorisation are sent to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency by electronic means or by registered post with acknow…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension of the calculation period for sums held in the automatic account

Article 919-24

The period for calculating the sums entered in the automatic account provided for in the second paragraph of article 211-25 is extended by one year for cinematographic works for which this period has…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of control officers

Article L411-2

The sworn agents appointed by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, approved by the Minister for Culture under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L651-2

For the application of the provisions of this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The provisions of Articles L. 611-2 and L. 612-4 do not a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L2164-2

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in this Title shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: NATIONAL DATA FILE CONTAINING INFORMATION ON CHARACTERISED PAYMENT INCIDENTS

Article R752-2

As soon as the overindebtedness commission is seized pursuant to IV of Article L. 681-2 of the Commercial Code or Article L. 681-3 of this code, it shall inform the Banque de France so that the regist…

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