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Showing 64916500 of 23850 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 14-12-1994 n° 92-19.351

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Vigilance.

Article R1123-51

The sponsor shall keep detailed records of all adverse events notified to it by the investigator(s). These records shall be transmitted to the competent authority mentioned in Article L. 1123-12, at i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation

Article R321-40-1

Upon request, the Government Commissioner shall be provided, on behalf of the Conseil des Maisons de Vente, with the documents required to be kept by Article L. 561-12 of the Monetary and Financial Co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Prohibitions.

Article L7124-20

The provisions of articles L. 7124-13 to L. 7124-15 also apply to minors engaged in artistic or literary activities other than those mentioned in article L. 7124-12.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article D3324-13

Where the employee has not spent a full year with the same company, the ceilings provided for in articles D. 3324-10 and D. 3324-12 are calculated in proportion to the length of time the employee has…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: National tattoo product vigilance system.

Article R513-10-13

Persons who have access to the information referred to in article R. 513-10-12 are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions set out inarticle 226-13 of the French Criminal Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…21-1 to L. 321-3 of the same code; b. L'allocation de reconnaissance prévue à l'article 6 de la loi n° 2005-158 du 23 février 2005 portant reconnaissance de la Nation et contribution nationale en fave…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-22

The Agency's expenditure includes : 1° Staff costs ; 2° Operating costs 3° Expenditure on the acquisition of movable and immovable property; 4° Assistance as defined in articles L. 411-13 and L. 411-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-6-2

Any person involved in the manufacture, use, import, export or wholesale distribution of blood-derived medicinal products who fails to record the data required to monitor them pursuant to 14° of artic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Drawing up the list

Article R2-8

The members of the commission are subject to professional secrecy under the conditions and under the penalties provided for by the articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the Penal Code. They may not communicat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-15

When the court opens safeguard, reorganisation or liquidation proceedings instituted by Book VI of the Commercial Code against one of the persons mentioned in Article R. 613-14, the Registrar shall fo…

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