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Showing 50415050 of 60719 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 1-4-2009 n° 07-21.833

French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 3: Invalidity of auctions

Article R322-49-2

Where the property is put back up for sale by way of a new auction pursuant to the provisions of Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Vigilance relating to health products

Article R1413-61-4

I.-The tasks of the centres and coordinators mentioned in Article R. 1413-61-3 consist of : 1° Collecting and processing, each in their own field of competence and expertise, alerts relating to each o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Manufacture and import of investigational medicinal products.

Article R5124-57-4

The importing pharmaceutical establishment shall ensure that the investigational medicinal products it imports have been subjected to standards of good manufacturing practice at least equivalent to th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Sociétés en commandite simple.

Article L222-4

The company's Articles of Association must contain the following information: 1° The amount or value of the contributions of all the partners; 2° The share in this amount or value of each active or li…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2 : Programme and estimated financial budget for the project

Article L2421-4

The development of the programme and the setting of the provisional financial envelope may continue during the preliminary design studies for:1° Refurbishment projects;2° New construction projects inv…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

Article L632-4

When the application for repeal is submitted after five years have elapsed since the expulsion decision was actually enforced, it may only be rejected after an opinion has been given by the committee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L4131-4

The benefit of the employer's inexcusable fault provided for in article L. 452-1 of the Social Security Code is automatically available to the employee or employees who suffer an accident at work or a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local monitoring system for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-48

Each establishment or body mentioned in 2° of Article R. 2142-42 shall ensure that a procedure is put in place to prevent the use of gametes, germinal tissue or embryos mentioned in 1° of I of Article…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-42

I. - The president of the federation shall authorise one or more persons from among his staff who have the appropriate technical and legal skills to: 1° Process the data contained in the database refe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Single registration

Article L546-4

I. - Breaches of the provisions of this chapter, with the exception of article L. 546-3, are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €6,000 or one of these two penalties only. Any person w…

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