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Showing 15011510 of 35908 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 27 May 2010 – no. 09-11894

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorising establishments performing pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2131-33

Establishments authorised in application of article R. 2131-27 keep information relating to diagnoses carried out under conditions that guarantee confidentiality.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-120-3

The number of directors of the central body referred to in Article L. 322-27-1, who are elected by the General Meeting on the recommendation of the Board of Directors in accordance with the third para…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-1

…inhabitants having their real and fixed domicile within its territory. II. - No section de commune may be formed as from the promulgation of loi n° 2013-428 du 27 mai 2013 modernisant le régime des s…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Authorised buyers

Article L2211-1

…he list of which is established by the order mentioned in I of Article 12 of the law of 28 December 2010 on public finance programming for the years 2011 to 2014, as well as public health establishmen…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Access to electricity or natural gas consumption data

Article D224-26

…n kilovoltamperes; 4° Bills issued; 5° Where applicable, the data mentioned in 3° of Article D. 224-27; 6° At the consumer's request, the assessment referred to in Article D. 224-29; 7° A functionalit…

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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

…ts subsidiaries.IV. - Within four months of the communication of the report, the parent undertaking may submit observations and propose other measures to the resolution college to remedy the obstacles…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-6

…diture relating to the transferred competencies.For beneficiaries of the fund who commit, before 15 May 2009 and, after authorisation from their deliberative assembly, by agreement with the representa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-118

The Conseil d'Etat decree referred to in article L. 322-27 is issued on the basis of a report by the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Agriculture.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

Article D221-103

The ceiling stipulated in article L. 221-27 is set at 12,000 euros per Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sole paragraph: Responsibilities for health, safety and working conditions

Article R2312-4

…ns is at least equal to that of the meetings provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 2315-27.

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