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Showing 941950 of 50676 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 14-2-2003 n° 00-19.423

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Resources.

Article R512-14

Advances and loans to the regional branches of the central body of Crédit Agricole become immediately repayable in the event of a breach of the Articles of Association or amendments to the Articles of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medicinal products covered by an early access authorisation or a compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-144

…n required for the proper storage of the medicinal product. The above information is written in French. They may also be written in other languages, provided that the same information appears in all t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Conditions relating to completion

Article 311-14

…h participation is equal to or greater than 80% of its final cost, the work must be in original French.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 722-14

With regard to the production of demonstration tapes, direct subsidies are reserved for the promotion of series and collections with a total running time of more than four hours and with episodes or i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R1251-14

For each of its establishments, the temporary work agency is in possession of a guarantee certificate issued by the guarantor. The certificate indicates in particular the name and address of the guara…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Opinion on agreements for the transfer of personnel and property (R)

Article R1425-14

A report, drawn up by the chairman, is sent, at least fifteen days before the date of the meeting, to the members of the committee as well as to the parties concerned by the draft agreement. The latte…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Information and prevention visit

Article R4624-14

The health professional will issue a follow-up certificate to the worker and the employer at the end of any information and prevention visit.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to practise the profession who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R4393-14

The regional directorate for youth, sport and social cohesion provides the committee's secretariat.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Model agency authorisation and operating conditions

Article R7124-14

The list of decisions granting, renewing, not renewing or withdrawing approval is published in the form of a notice in the Official Journal of the French Republic.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Non-drinking water

Article L1322-14

The use of water unfit for human consumption is possible for certain domestic uses or in the food businesses mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article L. 1321-1, when the quality of this water…

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