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Showing 23112320 of 48199 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 22 May 1968 · Cass. 3e civ. 25 January 1983 · Cass. com. 21 March 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 May 1991 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 1990 · Cass. ass. plén. 6 October 2006 · Cass. ass. plén. 13 January 2020

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-25

Persons sued by virtue of the cheque may not raise against the bearer defences based on their personal relationship with the drawer or with previous bearers, unless the bearer, in acquiring the cheque…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Medical and psychological emergency units

Article R6311-25

…ice (SAMU) is based. This unit is made up of psychiatrists, psychologists and volunteer nurses, who may or may not work in the health establishment. The unit is coordinated by a referral psychiatrist…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-29-3

…fied of the appointment or reappointment of the natural persons mentioned in I and II of Article L. 612-23-1 within fifteen days of their appointment or reappointment.The undertakings mentioned in I a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-25

…ooperatives that have called on the financial assistance of the central body of agricultural credit may not be reduced without the express authorisation of this body below the figure it reached when t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single subsection: Public policy.

Article L3141-25

…n kind which the employee would not continue to enjoy during his leave. The value of these benefits may not be less than that set by the administrative authority.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 5: Operation of the adversarial expert appraisal.

Article R5127-25

…this third party expert, he will be appointed by the president of the court. The third party expert may be chosen from outside the official lists.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 B

Legal entities governed by public law are not subject to value added tax for the activity of their administrative, social, educational, cultural and sporting services when their non-taxability does no…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Fruit and vegetables

Article R412-25

…ctors ; 2° The provisions of Article 1 of and Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1333/2011 of 19 December 2011, as amended, laying down marketing standards for bananas, provisions f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-25

…y of the issuing State and fall within the jurisdiction of the French courts, the public prosecutor may decide to reduce the amount of the financial penalty to the maximum amount incurred for these ac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-25

No person may carry out an inspection if he has been convicted of any of the offences referred to in II of Article L. 500-1 of this Code.Before entrusting an assignment to one of the persons mentioned…

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