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Showing 62416250 of 25965 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 24-10-2019 n° 18-20.838

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-5

Opening or operating an establishment defined in Article L. 5142-1, without the authorisation required pursuant to Articles 88 and 99 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 or without this havi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ba: Rum regime

Article 362

…to in the first paragraph may be delegated to an interprofession created in accordance with the loi n° 75-600 du 10 juillet 1975 relative à l'organisation interprofessionnelle agricole.The quantities…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee adviser

Article D1232-11

An employee who carries out his professional activity outside any establishment, with the exception of the employees mentioned in article D. 1232-10, is entitled to have the hours spent carrying out t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 8: Miscellaneous

Article A444-29

When the performance of the following services requires a lead time in excess of the reference period specified in the table below, it shall give rise to the collection of an additional session fee un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-1: Research involving the human person

Article L1541-4

…121-3 Order no. 2016-800 of 16 June 2016 L. 1121-4 Order no. 2016-800 of 16 June 2016 L. 1121-5 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-6 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-7 Law no. 2019-180 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Combating drug addiction.

Article L3833-1

The provisions of Chapter III of Title I and those of Title II of Book IV of this Part are applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, subject to the provisions of Articles L. 3833-2 and L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Interbank settlement systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article D754-19

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Limiting the number of public houses.

Article L3331-6

The owner of a leased premises may not, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, even if previously entered into, oppose the conversion, by the lessee or the transferee of the right to the lease…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L424-2

The operator of the multilateral trading facility establishes the rules of the facility. These rules, which are transparent and non-discretionary, ensure fair and orderly trading and set objective cri…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-16

Without prejudice to the provisions which, pursuant to Articles 10 and 11 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, the articles of association must include those which, by virtue of the articles 8, 14,…

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