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Showing 13211330 of 48687 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2011 · Cass. 3e civ. 30 October 1984 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 October 1996 · Cass. 1re civ. 21 March 2000 · Cass. com. 12 December 1972 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 July 2010 n° 09-12.055

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article R621-11

…plication 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 the head of the company for the application of the Lab…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal dissemination of inventions

Article L612-21

…the acts mentioned in Article L. 613-9; 6° From the date of authorisation mentioned in Article L. 611-3 with an indication of the corresponding patent.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article R513-21

Within the meaning of Article L. 515-38, the risk assessment methods used by a credit institution, finance company or insurance company included in the scope of consolidation of the housing finance co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-21

The doctor may waive the prohibition mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1211-14 when, despite the risk of transmission of a virus by the donor, the therapeutic alternatives to the transpla…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 17: Conditions for authorisation of individually prepared advanced therapy medicinal products

Article R5121-212

…rs that additional information is required to enable him to reach a decision on the application, he may suspend consideration of the application until the missing information has been received, up to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and activities

Article R5126-21

An internal-use pharmacy may have some of its control operations relating to the preparations mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of Article L. 5121-1 carried out by a subcontracted laboratory under the terms…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: General system of acquits-à-caution.

Article 124

…in 1 above have perished as a result of a duly recorded case of force majeure, the customs service may exempt the tenderer and his guarantor from payment of the duties and taxes.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-21

…raction of the rural solidarity grant is allocated to communes whose population represents at least 15% of the population of the canton, to communes with headquarters of centralising offices, and to c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L632-11

When the Autorité des marchés financiers receives transaction reports in accordance with Article L. 533-9, it shall transmit this information to the competent authority of the most relevant market in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions relating to the invitation to confirm interest

Article R2131-11

The invitation referred to in article R. 2131-10 shall include at least the following information: 1° The nature and quantity of the services required. In the case of renewable contracts, it shall ind…

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