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Showing 51215130 of 25255 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 March 2017 – no. 14-17873

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-27

…he contract or its performance conditions, in accordance with the conditions set out in article R. 2152-7 of the French Public Procurement Code. The award criteria and the procedures for their impleme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article A761-3

The manager of a market of national interest sends the following activity and financial reports to the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation on whose territory the m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Behaviour in the event of an accident or incident

Article R4141-19

…techniques, workers exposed to new risks or assigned to one of the tasks defined in article R. 4141-15 receive safety training on what to do in the event of an accident or disaster.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-2

…party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, shall publish and file with the Autorité des marchés financiers an annual financial report within four months of the end of their financial year.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-21

…s paragraph applies, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 6 of Directive 2002/14/EC of 11 March 2002:1° To one or more AIFs managed by the same management company which, either separately or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-39

…gal representative shall be established in the new Member State of reference.II. - The Autorité des marchés financiers shall make an assessment of the designation of the AIFM's reference Member State…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-16

In the cases provided for in Articles L. 511-15 and L. 511-15-1, the funds repayable from the public referred to in Article L. 312-2 and the other repayable funds are repaid by the credit institution…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IX: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L390-1

…r 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020.Article L. 310-2 is applicable in the version resulting from Order 2017-484 of 6 April 2017 relating to the creation of bodies dedicated to the exercise of supplementa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Notification to economic operators of a non-conformity

Article R4314-10

I.-The market surveillance authority shall inform the economic operator concerned of any evidence it has of non-conformity of work equipment or personal protective equipment and shall, where appropria…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R286-2

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° References to the Prefect are replaced by references to the High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia; 2° References to the benefits ment…

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