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Showing 43714380 of 21317 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 13 January 1993

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-1

…re duration of the event.The other data declared meet the definitions of standard NF ISO 25639-1 of January 2009 "Terminology for the trade fair, exhibition, congress or trade event sector. - Part 1:…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-328

…f sections 1 and 2 of this chapter is set at sixty-seven years for practitioners born on or after 1 January 1955. As a transitional measure, the age limit applicable to these practitioners is set at :…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-168

…the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery defined by articles L. 1333-13-5, L. 2339-15, L. 2341-2 and L. 2341-4 and the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2342-60 of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Accounting and reporting requirements applicable to investment services providers

Article L533-9

…once a day, to the central competent authority referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 420-13 or, where these instruments or units are not traded on trading platforms located in more than one…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental committee for psychiatric care.

Article L3223-2

…icle L. 3223-1, they are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions set out in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Criminal Code.The commission appoints its chairman from among its member…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-50

…alculate these provisions, to supervise this calculation in the cases referred to in article R. 351-13 and to compare the best estimates with empirical observations. It provides an opinion on the over…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation

Article R823-7

…ramme and negotiations that may lead to the conclusion of international administrative arrangements;13° The establishment's annual activity report; 14° The action to be taken on the results of the lab…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions specific to judicial supervision

Article R61-35

…riminal imprisonment of fifteen years or more for one of the offences referred to in Article 706-53-13. In the event of non-compliance by the sentenced person with the obligations to which he or she i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Specific provisions for victims of violence and offences committed within a couple or within the family

Article D1-11-2

…detained person prosecuted or convicted for offences committed within the couple covered by article 132-80 du code pénal, or for the offence defined in article 227-4-2 of the same code, the competent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for authorising laboratories

Article R1131-15

The authorisation provided for in Article R. 1131-13 is issued for a period of five years, under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 6122-23 to R. 6122-44. However, before taking the opinion of th…

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