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Showing 40214030 of 37028 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 May 1970

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contraceptives other than medicines and condoms.

Article R5134-11

…R. 5122-2 and those of articles R. 5122-2-1, R. 5122-5, R. 5122-6, R. 5122-7, R. 5122-9 and R. 5122-13 to R. 5122-16 are applicable to advertising for contraceptive products and articles other than me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1872-1

…ts last paragraph, the articles L. 1612-2 to L. 1612-11, l'article L. 1612-12, the articles L. 1612-13 to L. 1612-15, L. 1612-16 to L. 1612-19-1 and the I of Article L. 1612-20 shall apply to the comm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Deliberations of the Assize Court

Article 365-1

…shall also be given for the application of the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 706-53-13 . Reasons need not be given for the mandatory additional penalties, the penalty of confiscation o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-6

…by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the penalties laid down in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code. In addition, members of the Steering Committee, groups of ex…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-82

…ther body exercising equivalent supervisory functions and the persons referred to in Article L. 511-13. For particularly high variable remuneration, the payment of at least 60% of the variable portion…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L511-90

…ally manage the business of the branch within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13. This independence is guaranteed in particular by the conditions of their appointment and remuner…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article L441-16

…ovided for in I of Article L. 441-10, II of Article L. 441-11, Article L. 441-12 and Article L. 441-13;b) Not indicating, in the terms of payment set out in I of Article L. 441-1, the information prov…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Consumer Institute

Article L822-10

The commission mentioned in article L. 822-4 may obtain any information or consult on site any documents that it considers useful for carrying out its duties, without being able to oppose the articles…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-26

…rd paragraph of Article L. 2224-5, the words: "under the conditions provided for in Article L. 1411-13" are replaced by the words: "on site at the town hall and, where applicable, at the annexed town…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-34

…ngs are stopped before the closure of the proceedings. Subject to the provisions of articles R. 663-13 and R. 663-31, the president of the court or his delegate shall rule in the light of a detailed a…

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