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Showing 26912700 of 56993 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 11-1-2024 n° 22-16.974

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 223-30

The decision to award aid is taken after consultation with the Film Distribution Aid Committee.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Declaration of significant events and malicious acts

Article R1333-22

Any malicious act or attempted malicious act involving a category A, B or C ionising radiation source or batch of radioactive sources, as well as any loss of such sources, shall be reported without de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3121-22

The length of time during which the employer may defer the mandatory time off may not exceed two months.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives

Article A812-22

In application of Article 1 of the Order of 4 February 2014 establishing the nomenclature of terms for the national master's degree, the title of the degree referred to in Article L. 812-3 is as follo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Bank.

Article R142-22

The following are members of the Payment Security Observatory:1° A Member of Parliament and a Senator ;2° Eight representatives of the administrations concerned:a) One representative of the General Se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-22

Any abstraction device, well or borehole, the construction of which is planned to obtain water intended for domestic use within the meaning of article R. 214-5 du code de l'environnement, shall be dec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Designation procedures

Article R23-112-14

The Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment publishes the list of persons appointed by the organisations mentioned in Article R. 23-112-1 and representing emplo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Life mortgage and transfer advance loan

Article L315-22

If the borrower defaults on the periodic repayment of interest, the lender may demand immediate repayment of interest that has fallen due but has not been paid.

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

Article L531-22

The Office Français de Protection des Réfugiés et Apatrides (French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons) will notify the asylum seeker of its decision in writing, by any means…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Conditions for entry into or exit from national territory of elements or products of the human body mentioned in article R. 1245-1 intended for the manufacture of medicinal products

Article R1245-22

The provisions of this section apply to tissues, their derivatives and cells derived from the human body, whatever their level of transformation, which are not active substances within the meaning of…

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