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Showing 6170 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
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies

Article L214-190-2

…as a specialised finance company on all deeds and documents intended for third parties. Articles L. 214-177 to L. 214-179 apply to specialised finance companies. For the preparation of their annual ac…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6523-2-19

…ment of vocational training and work-linked training by the social welfare fund mentioned inarticle 3 of order no. 77-1102 of 26 September 1977, as amended, extending and adapting various provisions r…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Keeping a record of queries and consultations

Article R53-21-19

…ter shall keep for a period of three years, within the limits of the periods defined in Article R. 53-21-20, information relating to recordings, deletions and interrogations of which it is the subject…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-19

The decisions of the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court provided for in this section may be appealed in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 712-1.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-19-2

An inter-regional council and a disciplinary chamber of first instance of the Réunion-Mayotte order of masseur-physiotherapists are responsible for masseur-physiotherapists practising in Réunion and f…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The insurance certificate.

Article R*211-19

…ence and the Minister of Transport sets the form in which the documents provided for in articles R. 211-15 and R. 211-18 must be drawn up.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-19-2

…een granted partial access to the practice of the profession of doctor in France underarticle L. 4002-5 of the Public Health Code, when presenting their activity to the public, in particular on a webs…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Shared functions

Article R6132-19-2

The support establishment provides the Group Medical Commission with all the support it needs to carry out its duties, in particular the formulation of proposals, as part of the preparation of the ter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies

Article L214-190-2-1

…finance company of its own shares or debt securities or the issue of new shares or debt securities may be temporarily suspended by the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the company's senior…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of departmental mandates

Article L3123-19-2-1

Each year, the départements draw up a statement showing all the allowances of any kind, denominated in euros, received by the elected representatives sitting on the departmental council, in respect of…

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