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Showing 44014410 of 23442 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19-11-2020 n° 19-20.405

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Municipal services

Article L2573-25

I.-The provisions of Chapter III of Title II of Book II of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand col…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-3-3

…[Dispositions déclarées non conformes à la Constitution par la décision du Conseil constitutionnel n° 2020-801 DC du 18 juin 2020] when they have been the subject of a complaint submitted electronica…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The agreement

Article 1545

…the allocation of costs between the parties subject to the dispositions de l'article 123 du décret n° 2020-1717 du 28 décembre 2020 lorsque l'une des parties bénéficie de l'aide juridictionnelle. If…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Disciplinary sanctions

Article R222-42

The standard disciplinary regulations for approved sports federations set out in Annex I-6 do not apply to disciplinary proceedings based on the provisions of article L. 222-19.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-7

Failure by the persons mentioned in I of article L. 522-19 to observe professional secrecy is punishable by the penalties set out in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Criminal Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4113-44

Apart from the cases provided for byarticle 19 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies and by articles R. 4113-45, R. 4113-49 and R. 4113-79 imposing speci…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-162

The filing of the accounting documents provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 123-111, accompanied, where applicable, by a declaration of confidentiality or a declaration of simplified publ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-364

In the event of an accident at work or occupational disease, the practitioner is entitled to leave for a maximum of two years, during which time he/she will receive the full emoluments provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-12

The Chairman or, in his absence, the Vice-Chairman sets the agenda for Committee meetings.Committee meetings are not public. They may be held for all or some of the members by telephone or audiovisual…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-38

The Group risk management function referred to in Article L. 356-18 is structured in such a way as to facilitate the implementation of the risk management system referred to in Article L. 356-19.

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