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Showing 92619270 of 49594 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-3-1998 n° 96-16.671

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article D532-23-4

Where an investment service provider other than an asset management company plans to amend any of the disclosures referred to in I of Article D. 532-23-2, it shall inform the Autorité de contrôle prud…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R4421-3

Biological agents are classified into four groups according to the level of risk of infection they present: 1° Group 1 includes biological agents that are unlikely to cause disease in humans; 2° Group…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-4

I. - On the basis of the information referred to in article R. 5121-76-3 and the scientific knowledge available, as well as, where applicable, the information transmitted in application of article R.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-3

The professional practice standard relating to the audit of accounts carried out by several statutory auditors, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: . NEP-100. The audit of accounts ca…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-12-4

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall examine and evaluate the strategies, processes and reporting procedures established by the undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-1 in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-31

The statutory auditors' report provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 225-40 contains:1° A list of the agreements and commitments subject to approval by the General Meeting;2° The names of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-3

…ions of this chapter and by the non-contradictory provisions of Book II, Titles I to IV and the loi n° 47-1775 du 10 septembre 1947 portant statut de la coopération. The provisions of Book II, Titles…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3

In relation to the base of dispersion constituted by the difference between the total amount of the regulated commitments mentioned in Article R. 331-1, all currencies combined, and the total amount o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment

Article R6152-343

The contract shall specify :1° The educational qualifications and professional qualifications ;2° The reason for recruitment, the nature of the duties performed and the practitioner's service obligati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Single registration

Article R546-3

I. - Registration is carried out within a maximum of two months from the date of receipt by the body referred to in I of article R. 546-1 of a complete application. The body will send the applicant a…

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