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Showing 84218430 of 28957 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 24-6-1971 n° 70-11.730

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The People's Savings Plan.

Article R221-75

The operation of people's savings schemes is subject to documentary and on-site inspections by the supervisory bodies specialising in each of the insurance sectors mentioned in I to IV of article R. 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical health centres.

Article D6124-418

The children's section, for children over 18 or 24 months of age, is made up of single rooms accounting for at least two-fifths of the total number of beds, and rooms with between two and a maximum of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-25

I.-The undertaking referred to in Article R. 356-8 or the participating undertaking referred to in II of Article R. 356-24 shall submit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, on beha…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the formation and performance of contracts

Article L252-1

…ICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 222-1 to L. 222-6 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 222-7 and L. 222-8 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of the file

Article L751-5

…ss to information concerning them contained in the file in accordance with the article 49 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-4

In the event of a refusal of validation provided for in paragraph 3 of Article 70 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, a refusal of authorisation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.

Article L912-1-1

The words: "la loi n° 2005-882 du 2 août 2005 en faveur des petites et moyennes entreprises" and the words: "la loi n° 2005-882 du 2 août 2005 précitée" appearing in the third and fourth paragraphs of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-2

The administrative authority shall validate the collective agreement referred to in Article L. 1233-24-1 once it has ascertained that :1° It complies with articles L. 1233-24-1 to L. 1233-24-3 ; 2° Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Negotiation procedures in companies with at least fifty employees

Article L2232-25-1

For the application of articles L. 2232-24 and L. 2232-25, the employer informs the members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee of its intention to negotiate by any means that…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-13

The compensation paid to the person appointed by the judge to hear a minor pursuant to article 388-1 of the Civil Code is set at 40 euros for a natural person and 70 euros for a legal entity.

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