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Showing 31013110 of 51458 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 9-2-2005 n° 197

French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-30-9

An IT service accessible via the Internet, secure and free of charge, enables the nationals mentioned in article R. 123-30-8:1° To have access to the information mentioned in 6° of article R. 123-2;2°…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-38

If there are facts to suggest that information referred to in Article 695-9-31 could be useful to another Member State either in preventing an offence falling within one of the categories listed in Ar…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-9

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may require Class 2 and Class 3 investment firms to make additional or more frequent disclosures than those provided for in Title III of Book V or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Care for patients requiring psychiatric treatment.

Article R6123-32-9

The establishment authorised to carry out the activity mentioned in 3° of Article R. 6123-1 organises the care of persons requiring psychiatric care who present themselves at the emergency department:…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Alert mechanism

Article R212-94-4

In the internal market information system, the Ministry responsible for sports communicates the following information to the competent authorities of the other Member States of the European Union or p…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article R613-44-9

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle publishes a new patent specification when the decision ruling on the opposition, which is no longer subject to appeal, maintains the patent in an ame…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-9

When the job losses resulting from the collective agreement provided for in Article L. 1237-19 affect, by their scale, the balance of the employment area or areas in which they are located, the compan…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2-1: Establishing the biological profile of athletes falling within the scope of Article L. 230-3

Article R232-67-9

The athlete passport management unit processes the biological data brought to its attention by integrating it into a predictive statistics algorithm.The haematological and steroid modules of an athlet…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-97-3

I. - When, for one of the following reasons, the person mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article R. 4412-97 finds that the location cannot be carried out, the safety of workers is ensured unde…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles

Article R141-9-1

The contentious appeal period applicable to the decisions mentioned in article R. 141-5 and falling within the jurisdiction of the administrative courts is one month.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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