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Showing 34213430 of 37356 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 12 May 2010

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-16

The files compiled from the data mentioned in article R. 2122-12 are kept by the departments of the Minister for Labour for a period of one year after the close of the poll for which the files were co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article R532-8-2

…ormation provided for in the European Commission's delegated regulation adopted pursuant to Article 12(8) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reserving contracts for economic operators employing disabled and disadvantaged workers

Article L2113-14

A purchaser may reserve the same contract or the same lot of a contract both for economic operators who meet the conditions of article L. 2113-12 and for those who meet the conditions of article L. 21…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information by the French services

Article 695-9-35

The information obtained may be used for purposes other than those for which it was communicated only with the agreement of the Member State which transmitted it. However, even in the absence of agree…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to elected representatives who are public servants (R).

Article R2123-20

…arry out a training course or attend a training session meeting the criteria set out in article R. 2123-12. It may, however, be refused if the requirements of the operation of the service preclude it.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General justification for categories of medical procedures using ionising radiation

Article R1333-50

…n or an early access authorisation or a compassionate access authorisation mentioned in Article L. 5121-12 and II of Article L. 5121-12-1 ;2° New radioactive implantable medical devices where this is…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-27

…quirement at the level of the subsidiary. IV - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may refer the matter to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority in accordance wit…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Removal of goods from their place of detention

Article R512-16

…h the administrative department that records the sampling. An order of the Minister for the Economy may authorise samples to be sent to any other administrative department. The administrative departme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Nominations

Article A713-6

…lectronic voting is used, the campaign expenses reimbursed to candidates pursuant to article R. 713-12 include the cost of the paper and printing of the circulars, where the election organising commit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the analysis of the group's resolvability

Article L613-43-1

…pact in France of the measures mentioned in 3° of VI of the same article. The collège de résolution may refer the matter to the European Banking Authority under the conditions set out in VII of the sa…

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