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Showing 29012910 of 21317 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 13 January 1993

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-7

…nd by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the penalties set out in article 226-13 of the French Penal Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L511-59

…entioned in I of Article L. 511-10, the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13 shall transmit to the body of the credit institution to which the branch belongs that exercises s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-11

…ld office in a commercial court for at least six years, subject to the provisions of Article L. 722-13. The Chairman is elected for a four-year term by secret ballot by the judges of the Commercial Co…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Rights guaranteed to detained foreign nationals

Article L813-6

…at his or her request, consult the report drawn up pursuant to the first paragraph of article L. 813-13 as well as the medical certificate, if any, appended thereto. The lawyer may make written obse…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Disputes relating to the award of private law public procurement contracts

Article 1441-2

…plications submitted before the conclusion of contracts mentioned in the first paragraph of Article 13 of the same Order, the judge may not rule before the eleventh day from the publication of the int…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-7

…rectors, with the authorisation of the supervisory ministers. Decisions relating to 4°, 6°, 7°, 9°, 13°, 14°, 15°, 16, 19° and 20° of article R. 5315-3 are enforceable after joint approval by the supe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L71-113-3

…ion of local authority staff;6° Under the conditions set out in Article 88-1 of Law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditure relating to th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Local mining tax

Article 1519

…ch Republic.Where there are several baselines, the one closest to the coast is used.II. - 1° From 1 January 2023, the rates of the communal mining royalty are set at:- €183.50 per kilogram of gold con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of hazardous mixtures

Article R1342-14

Importers and downstream users are required to inform the designated body mentioned in article R. 1342-13 of any withdrawal from the market, any change of trade name and any change in the composition…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Democratisation and transparency.

Article D5842-5

I. - The articles R. 5211-13 to R. 5211-15, with the exception of its first paragraph, article R. 5211-18 and article R. 5211-18-1 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provide…

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