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Showing 58215830 of 21784 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 14 Nov. 2024 – no. 23-16.948

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-2

…5125-1-1 A are applicable in the territory of Wallis and Futuna in the wording resulting from Law No. 2019-774 of 24 July 2019 on the organisation and transformation of the healthcare system.Article…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 9: Informing and involving residents

Article L5842-12

…e adaptations provided for in II and III. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5211-46 Order no. 2021-1310 of 7 October 2021 L. 5211-49 law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 5211-49-1 law no.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Appointment in the event of compulsory retirement

Article R742-25

The clerk of a commercial court that has been abolished is appointed clerk of a commercial court that has been created without it being necessary to resort to the procedure provided for in articles R.…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Discipline.

Article R6152-77

In the interests of the service, a practitioner who is the subject of disciplinary proceedings may be immediately suspended by the Director General of the Centre national de gestion des praticiens hos…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Powers of the State representative in the département

Article L2215-1

Municipal policing is carried out by the mayor, however: 1° The representative of the State in the département may take, for all or several of the communes in the département, and in all cases where t…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-6

…istration designating France, in accordance with Articles 39 and 40 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017, constitutes a prior claim enforceable under I of Article L. 711-3. Where a trade mark…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Investment holding companies

Article L517-4-3

…For the purposes of the first subparagraph, "financial institution" has the meaning given in point 14 of paragraph 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Other offences.

Article L654-8

…n or recovery plan or to make a disposal without the authorisation provided for by l'article L. 626-14 ; 3° For any person, during the observation period or the period of execution of the safeguard pl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Verification of the conditions governing admission to the profession

Article R513-6

…insurance intermediaries and that it meets the conditions referred to in I and II of article R. 512-14. To this end, each member must provide the association with an annual declaration indicating the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Availability of beneficiaries' rights

Article D3313-13

…nterest equal to 1.33 times the average rate of return on private company bonds mentioned inarticle 14 of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation. Interest is paid at the sam…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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