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Showing 24212430 of 19937 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 16 Nov. 2004 – no. 01-10666

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Import and export of gametes and germ tissue for the purposes of medically assisted procreation, fertility preservation or restoration of hormonal function

Article R2141-28

…the response from the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine comply with Article R. 2141-16.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-4

…o in the second paragraph of article R. 143-38 of the French Construction and Housing Code (exhibit 16); 3° Where applicable, the results of the inspection carried out by the competent fire and panic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-23

…y controlled company or company that controls it within the meaning of II and III of Article L. 233-16, the provisions of said contract corresponding, where applicable, to items of remuneration, compe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-4

…y controlled company or company that controls it within the meaning of II and III of Article L. 233-16, the provisions of said contract corresponding, where applicable, to items of remuneration, compe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-2

…h the exception of those referred to in d of 2 of Article 9 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and in 2° of article 80 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to infor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the entry into national territory of the elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 when they are not authorised in the Member State of origin

Article R1245-15

…European Economic Area that do not have the authorisation provided for in Article 6(2) of Directive 2004/23/EC on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, proces…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the formation and performance of contracts

Article L252-1

…E ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 222-1 to L. 222-6 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 222-7 and L. 222-8 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article D593-4

…hapter, the following provisions shall apply to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-1

…been approved by a competitiveness cluster within the meaning ofArticle 24 of the French FinanceAct no. 2004-1484 of 30 December 2004 for 2005 ; b) A grant has been awarded by the European Commission…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-9

…continued during the observation period, subject to the provisions of articles L. 622-10 to L. 622-16.

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