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Showing 191200 of 23850 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 14-12-1994 n° 92-19.351

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Obligations to declare the transfer of medicinal products used in veterinary medicine

Article R5141-149

I.-The companies mentioned in 11° and 13° of article R. 5142-1 declare the following information for the sale of medicated feedingstuffs containing one or more antibiotic substances: 1° The number of…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recording by bankers of cheque payment incidents due to insufficient funds.

Article R131-14

Incidents are recorded in chronological order, each assigned a number in an unbroken annual series. The records provided for in articles R. 131-12 and R. 131-13 are kept and must be able to be substan…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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 126-12

The Cour de cassation is not obliged to refer to the Conseil constitutionnel a priority question of constitutionality challenging, on the same grounds, a legislative provision already before the Conse…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-14

…f the provisions of the texts adopted for the application of the articles 2,3,4,6,7and 10 de la loi n° 94-665 du 4 août 1994 relative à l'emploi de la langue française.Any foundation recognised as bei…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1405

…y of these securities or the acceptance of the assignment of receivables in accordance with the loi n° 81-1 du 2 janvier 1981 facilitant le crédit aux entreprises.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Payment of social security contributions

Article 122-12

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée will ensure that the beneficiaries of financial aid comply with their obligations towards the bodies responsible for collecting the social security c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-14

All expenditure must be liquidated and authorised during the financial year to which it relates. Expenditure orders shall be supported by the necessary supporting documents.The accounting officer may…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 12: Employee representative in a chamber of agriculture.

Article L2412-12

When an employee representing a chamber of agriculture has a fixed-term employment contract, he or she benefits from the guarantees and protection provided for inarticle L. 515-4 of the French Rural a…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1456

…r cooperative production company under the conditions provided for in the amended article 25 of law n° 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production. The exemption is, ho…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the automatic cinema production account

Article 123-12

In the case of a co-production, where a production company that is not a delegated production company has applied to invest the sums entered in its automatic account and, subsequent to this applicatio…

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