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Showing 15611570 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The High Council for Financial Stability

Article L631-2-3

I. - The persons referred to in 5° of Article L. 631-2 must inform the Chairman of the Financial Stability Board:1° The interests they held during the two years preceding their appointment, that they…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Content and duration of judicial supervision

Article D147-37-2

…ix the sentenced person's place of residence from the date of release. If necessary, this residence may be determined by the sentence enforcement judge after the judicial supervision judgment has been…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the training of volunteer fire fighters

Article L1424-37-2

For the entire duration of their commitment and, after termination of their commitment, for a period not exceeding twenty-four months, volunteer fire fighters who have completed the training enabling…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-3

…sion of a magistrate. In order to prevent the repetition of the offences referred to in Article 706-25-4 and to facilitate the identification of their perpetrators, this processing receives, stores an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-33-2

…dentiel et de résolution pronounces the automatic transfer provided for in 14° of I of Article L. 612-33, it has recourse to the Fonds de garantie des assurances obligatoires de dommages, the fonds de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical laboratory technician

Article L4352-3-2

Persons who, on the date of promulgation of law no. 2013-442 of 30 May 2013 reforming medical biology, were performing the duties of medical laboratory technician and who do not hold one of the diplom…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article D532-23-3

Where, pursuant to I of Article L. 532-24, an investment firm or credit institution wishes to provide custody account keeping services in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Conditions for issuing, suspending or revoking approval for bodies providing training for local elected representatives (R)

Article R1221-21-3

…d for the individual right to training of local elected representatives referred to in Article L. 1621-4 immediately notifies the Minister responsible for local authorities of any information relating…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-34-2

…ents and services managed by a public authority, issued under the conditions set out in articles R. 2324-19 and R. 2324-21, and subject to compliance with the provisions of 2° of article R. 2324-30, u…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Invalidity of the trade mark

Article L716-2-3

…n in Article L. 714-5 or, in the case of a European Union trade mark, Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017; b) Or that there were valid reasons for its non-use; 2° An application fo…

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