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Showing 49214930 of 40503 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 24 March 1999 · Cass. com. 13 February 2007 · Cass. com. 31 May 2011

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Offences relating to subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L247-3

…directors or managers of companies for contravening the provisions of articles L. 233-29 to L. 233-31. For companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, proceedings for infrin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L7121-17

…an artistic agent established in France fails to comply with the first paragraph of article L. 7121-13, he or she will be liable to six months' imprisonment and a fine of €3,750 in the event of a repe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Elements of private project management for infrastructure works

Article R2431-28

The purpose of the assistance provided to the contracting authority for the award of public works contracts is:1° To prepare the consultation of the economic operators responsible for the works, depen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3-1

…d of the Council of 5 April 2017 are required to register under the conditions laid down in Article 31 of the same Regulation. In addition, the following are required to declare their activities to th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Accelerated procedure

Article L531-30

The accelerated procedure may only be implemented in respect of unaccompanied minors in the cases provided for in Article L. 531-24 or if the applicant's presence in France constitutes a serious threa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Conversion of the agreement.

Article R441-28

In the event of conversion of an agreement under the conditions mentioned in articles R. 441-24 or R. 441-26, the assets representing the technical provisions mentioned in 1° and 3° of article R. 441-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sampling in three samples

Article R512-17

…ll include at least three samples, except in the cases provided for in articles R. 512-18 to R. 512-24. One is sent to the State laboratory for analysis, the other two may be sent to the experts appoi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2341-4

Purchasers may authorise an economic operator who is in a case of exclusion provided for in this section to participate in a contract for overriding reasons relating to the public interest.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: French regulated markets

Article D764-3

…wording resulting from the decreeD. 421-2 to D. 421-5 and the first sentence of article D. 421-6No. 2007-904 of 15 May 2007

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: French regulated markets

Article D762-3

…wording resulting from the decreeD. 421-2 to D. 421-5 and the first sentence of article D. 421-6No. 2007-904 of 15 May 2007

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