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Showing 35413550 of 21190 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 14 December 2004

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article R3512-31

…ifiers meets the obligations laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/574 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for the establishment and operation of a system for the traceab…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6241-21

No later than 31 December of the year preceding that for which the apprenticeship tax is due, the State representative in the region draws up and publishes the list of courses provided by the establis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-2-6

…replaced by the words: "the social security fund mentioned in article 22 of order no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, sickness, maternity, disability, death a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 76

…nce with the Convention on the Law Applicable to Matrimonial Property Regimes, done at The Hague on 14 March 1978, together with the date and place of signature of that deed and, if applicable, the na…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Biological procedures used in medically assisted procreation

Article R2141-1-3

I.-In order to verify compliance with the conditions mentioned in Article R. 2141-1-1, the Agence de la biomédecine shall compile a technical file specifying : 1° The characterisation or nature of the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration conditions and formalities

Article A212-109

…essful completion of the selection test or the exemption certificate provided for in article A. 212-149, for enrolment in the pre-training course for the "brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif" organised…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Unjustified geographical blocking

Article L132-24-1

…or place of establishment of customers in the internal market and amending Regulations (EC) No 2006/2004 and (EU) 2017/2394 and Directive 2009/22/ EC, consisting of: 1° Blocking or restricting a custo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3

…t sounding carried out in accordance with Articles 1 to 8 of Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II

Article L3232-8

…f the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004, the mandatory nutrition declaration provided for in the same Regulation may be accompanied by…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-15

…t two months after the expiry of the thirty-day period referred to in articles L. 160-13 and L. 160-14.

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