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Showing 17711780 of 40190 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-6-1971

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

Article L945-6

In articles L. 523-8 and L. 524-6, the words: "articles 1426 to 1429 of the Code of Civil Procedure" are replaced by the words: "locally applicable provisions of civil procedure relating to offers of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Access to credit and aggravated risks

Article L313-6-1

Access to credit is guaranteed under the conditions set out in Articles L. 1141-1 to L. 1141-3, L. 1141-5 and L. 1141-6 of the Public Health Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-6

I.-The Chairman of the Autorité des marchés financiers or his appointed representative may require any person to take measures to reduce the size of his position or exposure in a financial instrument,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-11-6

The Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment shall terminate the temporary suspension or temporary ban on the provision of services in the light of the proo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to natural persons

Article A123-63-1

To carry out the electronic transmission of accounting documents provided for in the second paragraph of article R. 123-121-4, the individual limited liability entrepreneur shall use the IT service me…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Operation of veterinary pharmaceutical companies and establishments.

Article R5142-43

The establishments mentioned in article R. 5142-1 may not subcontract any of the activities defined in the same article, subject to the exceptions mentioned below: 1° Manufacturers of veterinary medic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Operation of veterinary pharmaceutical companies and establishments.

Article R5142-42

Veterinary pharmaceutical establishments operate in accordance with the good practices mentioned in article L. 5142-3 which are applicable to them. In particular, they have : 1° Premises fitted out, a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Operation of veterinary pharmaceutical companies and establishments.

Article R5142-44

The establishments referred to in article R. 5142-1 shall take all necessary measures to ensure that veterinary medicinal products are transported and delivered under conditions which guarantee their…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Application to the armed forces health service.

Article R5212-43

For the application of the provisions of this chapter, army hospitals are considered to be public health establishments.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R7345-6

The Board of Directors may only validly deliberate if at least half of its members are present. If the quorum is not reached, the Board is reconvened with the same agenda within a fortnight. It then d…

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