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Showing 38613870 of 40442 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 24 April 1970 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 December 2001 · Cass. com. 24 January 2006 · Cass. com. 31 May 1988

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-11-3

…o the performance of their tasks. To this end, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, at the request of these bodies, provide them with information covered by professional secrecy,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-11

…nfidence that the person or entity that requests it, and more generally any interested third party, may place in its work. Applying these rules enables the statutory auditor to fulfil the duties of hi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L71-111-15

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 71-111-14 are forwarded to the local authority.They are communicated by the local authority to the elected members of the Assembly of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11-3

I.-The statutory auditor may not take, receive or retain, directly or indirectly, an interest in the person or entity whose accounts he is responsible for certifying, or in a person who controls it or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L716-11-2

…in the'article 121-2 of the Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 716-9 to L. 716-11 shall incur, in addition to the fine in accordance with the procedures laid down by Article 131-3…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary associations.

Article L5132-11-1

Intermediary associations may conclude fixed-term contracts with unemployed people experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in application of article L. 1242-3. During the perform…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorisation and practice

Article D513-11-8

Establishments or organisations authorised under Article L. 513-11-1 shall send the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé an annual activity repor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L71-113-3

…27and to the pension schemes for elected representatives pursuant to articles L. 7125-28 to L. 7125-31;4° The contribution to the Centre national de la fonction publique territoriale;5° The remunerati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D513-11-1

…as defined in 2°, under the responsibility of the establishment or body mentioned in Article L. 513-11-1 ; 2° "Stools": stools of human origin intended for the preparation of faecal microbiota used fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-11-1

…s Title or of Article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the form of full hospitalisation may benefit from short-term discharge authorisations: 1° In the form of accompanied outings not exce…

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