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Showing 54715480 of 21675 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 16 Nov. 2022 – no. 21-10.126

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-12

…eof included in the list drawn up by the Commission of the European Communities pursuant to Article 16f of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 998

…indemnity on their retirement or an indemnity on cessation of activity paid under article 2 of law no. 96-126 of 21 February 1996 creating a joint intervention fund in favour of employment on conditi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-27

…f cases where the meeting deliberates on the transactions mentioned in articles L. 232-1 and L. 233-16 and where the Articles of Association so provide, members who take part in the meeting by videoco…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Organisation of the departmental- metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-74

…s relating to the adoption of the budget and the administrative account pursuant to the articles L. 1612-1 to L. 1612-20, as well as those referred to in articles L. 1424-26 and L. 1424-76.The maximum…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 8

…years from the victim's coming of age. Public prosecution of the offences mentioned in Article 706-167 of this Code, when they are punishable by ten years' imprisonment, as well as that of the offenc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-8

…th insurance organisations or approval for public authorities as provided for in article L. 5123-2; 16° For a generic medicinal product, a reference to this status and, if the generic group to which t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L364-2

…e L. 311-2, n'est pas applicable; 6° A l'article L. 312-1, the words: "in Article 6 of Regulation 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016" and the words: "by Chapters II…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-2

…f Article L. 331-5 to betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in Article 21 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the onli…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Preferential rights and guarantees for wage claims.

Article L143-11-7

The mandataire judiciaire shall draw up statements of claims as follows: 1. For the claims mentioned in articles L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15, within ten days of the judgment opening t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11

…L. 233-3, the services mentioned in e of paragraph 1 of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014.II.-.The statutory auditor and the members of the network to which it belongs are proh…

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