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Showing 27812790 of 20828 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 Mar. 1988 – no. 86-16362

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-100

The granting of the exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of national framework scheme no. SA.100959 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 20 December 2021 C(2021)9880, 16 March…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Non-seizability of the principal residence

Article L526-4

When applying for registration in the Trade and Companies Register, the Special Register of Commercial Agents, the Special Register of Sole Proprietorships with Limited Liability or the National Regis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-16

Any gaps in representation between women and men as referred to in Article L. 1142-11 are published annually, no later than 1st March of the current year, in respect of the previous year, in a visible…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Health-related products

Article R1453-5

The company shall send the information mentioned in article R. 1453-3 to the authority responsible for the single public website: 1° No later than 1st September for agreements concluded, remuneration…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health nurseries.

Article R2324-8

…st comply with the standards for the rehabilitation of children set out in annex XXIV bis of decree no. 56-284 of 9 March 1956 supplementing decree no. 46-1834 of 20 August 1946, as amended, setting t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article R251-3

The information provided for in Article L. 251-15 that the statutory auditor sends to the directors relates to any fact that he or she identifies when examining the documents provided to him or her or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other duties and taxes

Article 1019

…t has been approved under the conditions provided for in the fifth paragraph of article 42-3 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication is subject to a tax based on t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article L214-1

…s. 3° To its communication to the public by a radio service, within the meaning of Article 2 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication, with the exception of radio services w…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles

Article R141-9

…code, only if it is made within the time limit stipulated in the first paragraph of article R. 141-15.The interruption ends :- if the application is rejected in application of article R. 141-16 of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-23

The following is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros: 1° Without having obtained the favourable opinion of a personal protection committee and, in the case of clinical inv…

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