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Showing 23612370 of 57027 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 5 November 1997 · Cass. 3e civ. 5 January 2017 n° 15-12.605 · Cass. com. 3 December 2003 · Cass. 3e civ. 18 April 2019 n° 18-10.883 · Cass. 1re civ. 12 December 2000 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 February 2011 · Cass. 1re civ. 6 June 2018 n° 17-17.438

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-50

…istics, the package leaflet, any conditions set in application of the third paragraph of article L. 5121-9, article R. 5121-36-1 and article R. 5121-37-3, together with their implementation period ; 1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Establishment of electoral rolls.

Article R713-5

The commission's decisions may be contested under the conditions set out in IV of article L. 18, I of article L. 20, I and II of article R. 17 and articles R. 18 to R. 19-6 of the Electoral Code.The a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement and conduct of secondary insolvency proceedings

Article L692-5

I.- The insolvency practitioner in the main insolvency proceedings may propose in the secondary insolvency proceedings a draft safeguard or recovery plan drawn up in accordance with the provisions of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Sports associations

Article R121-5

…resulting from its affiliation to a sports federation approved by the State pursuant to article L. 131-8 may be withdrawn by the Prefect of the département in which its registered office is located in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: The central body of savings banks and banques populaires

Article R512-57

…stitutions affiliated to the "organe central des caisses d'épargne et des banques populaires" on 17 February 2000 remain so, unless the "organe central des caisses d'épargne et des banques populaires"…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-59

The deadlines provided for in article L. 1233-15 for sending letters of dismissal for economic reasons are not applicable in the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation. A decree of the Consei…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 123-3

For the allocation of automatic financial aid for the creation and modernisation of cinemas, the automatic cinema exhibition account is opened for each cinema in the name of the owner of the business…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Provisional documents issued to foreign nationals who have been granted refugee status or subsidiary protection status

Article R431-15-3

…als are informed of the procedures enabling them to access the teleservice mentioned in article R. 431-2 in order to submit an application for the issue of the resident card provided for in article L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-9

The trial courts mentioned in articles 697 and 697-5 may, if they find in their decision that publicity is likely to result in the disclosure of a national defence secret, order, by decision given in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligation to provide information about accidents at work

Article R4121-5

…blishment in which the accident occurred, if different from the employing company or establishment; 3° The victim's surname, forenames and date of birth; 4° The date, time, place and circumstances of…

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