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Showing 901910 of 34514 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 12-5-2016 n° 15-13.851

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Obligations, liabilities and guarantees.

Article L522-15

General warehouse operators are responsible, within the limits of the declared value, for the custody and preservation of the warehouses entrusted to them. They are not liable for natural damage and w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-15

Company shares are freely transferable between members. They may only be transferred to third parties with the consent of all the shareholders. If the transferee's consent is refused, the shareholders…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bodies

Article R4021-15

I.-The professional sections of the Agence nationale du développement professionnel continu are : 1° The professional section for doctors ; 2° The professional section for dental surgeons ; 3° The pro…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-10

…titutionality is raised on appeal, the separate pleading provided for in article 23-5 of Ordonnance n° 58-1067 of 7 November 1958 shall bear the words: "question prioritaire de constitutionnalité". Th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-15

In the event of opposition to the payment of the price, the seller may, in any event, after the expiry of the ten-day period, appeal to the president of the court in summary proceedings in order to ob…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-151

Pharmacovigilance includes: 1° The reporting of adverse reactions suspected to be due to a medicinal product or a product mentioned in article R. 5121-150, including cases of overdose, misuse, abuse a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions relating to the preservation of film heritage

Article 211-15

In return for the granting of aid for the production and preparation of long-term cinematographic works, production companies ensure the preservation of these works to enable them to be exploited on a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Refusal and termination

Article L551-15

Material reception conditions may be refused, in whole or in part, to the applicant in the following cases:1° He refuses the region of orientation determined in application of article L. 551-3;2° He r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Financial sections

Article R6332-15

I.-The skills operator manages the contributions referred to in 2°, 3° and 4° of article L. 6131-1 within the sections dedicated to financing respectively: 1° Work-linked training initiatives; 2° Init…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-15

A chiropodist who is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, who is established and legally practises the activitie…

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