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Showing 12111220 of 47354 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 3-7-2013 n° 12-13.780

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L522-12

In this subsection and for the application of the provisions relating to freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services :1° "competent authorities" means the authority or authorities of a Me…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-12

The validity of a company or establishment agreement is subject to its signature by, on the one hand, the employer or his representative and, on the other hand, one or more representative employee tra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 requiring express authorisation involving the products mentioned in Articles L. 1125-1 to L. 1125-3

Article R1125-12

Any substantial modification requires a new authorisation to be issued under the conditions set out in Article R. 1125-8. If the Director General of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire does not…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Constant monitoring of the business relationship

Article R561-12

For the application of Article L. 561-5-1, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall: 1° Before entering into a business relationship, collect and analyse the information necessary to understand…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for using the account

Article R4163-12

Points are used up in accordance with the scale set out in article R. 4163-11 in increments of 10 points for the uses set out in 2° and 3° of this article and point by point for the use set out in 1°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-12

The judge in charge of liberties and detention must be informed of the following so that he can make a decision: 1° When the admission to psychiatric care has been carried out at the request of a thir…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship

Article A321-12

The Sales House Council will draw up the list of candidates admitted to sit the traineeship entrance examination tests three weeks before the date of the first test of each session. Individual invitat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R7124-12

The Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council is convened by its chairman when it receives a request for an opinion from the president of the Assembly of French Guyana. At the in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 9: Protection of the site environment

Article R4412-124

If the threshold set by article R. 1334-29-3 of the Public Health Code is exceeded in the buildings, equipment, installations or structures in which or in the environment of which the operation is car…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Duties of the coordinator.

Article R4532-12

During the design, study and development of the project, the coordinator : 1° Draw up the general co-ordination plan when required; 2° Compile the file on subsequent work on the project; 3° Open a co-…

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