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Showing 36613670 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Cooperation and communication between insolvency practitioners and the courts

Article R695-2

The court, the juge-commissaire or the mandataire de justice appointed pursuant to Article L. 695-3 may require that any request for communication, cooperation or assistance be made in writing in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-30

…savings plan provides that from the fifth year prior to the maturity date referred to in article L. 224-1, the holder may contact the plan manager by any means in order to obtain information about his…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article R225-3

In order to implement the transfer of rights referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 225-3, the manager of the retirement savings plan has two months in which to send the provider of the Fre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-3

…rritory a medical device or its accessories is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros: 1° Without the EU declaration of conformity having been drawn up in accordance with A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R6156-38

Only the members mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 6156-2 take part in the vote. Substitutes only have the right to vote in the absence of the full members they are replacing. The Board of Governor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Prescription and orders for professional use.

Article R5132-3-1

…ew to use in another Member State of the European Union include the information provided for in 1°, 3° and 7° of article R. 5132-3 and also indicate: 1° The common name of the medicinal product prescr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Corrective measures, restrictions on use, interruption of distribution, exemptions, information and advice for consumers

Article R1321-36

In the cases provided for in 2° of article R. 1321-32, articles R. 1321-33 and R. 1321-34, the Prefect will ensure that the person responsible for the distribution of water informs the population conc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Worker monitoring and individual health monitoring

Article R4452-31

The health professional referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 4624-1 shall, for each worker likely to be exposed to artificial optical radiation in excess of the exposure limit values defin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The administrative and technical committee of the fire and rescue services

Article L1424-31

…operational nature concerning the fire and rescue services, subject to the provisions of article L1424-40. The administrative and technical commission of the fire and rescue services comprises: 1° Rep…

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

Article L612-33

…within a period of twelve months to comply with the obligations laid down in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 or, where applicable, by Regulati…

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