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Showing 50015010 of 19906 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 17 Dec. 2002 – no. 98-21918

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-22

…2-9, L. 232-9-1, L. 232-9-2, L. 232-9-3, L. 232-10, L. 232-10-3, L. 232-10-4, L. 232-15-1 or L. 232-17. The College may delegate some of its powers under this I to the President of the Agency.When the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition and management

Article L224-3

…le L. 214-164 of this code, in socially responsible companies within the meaning of article L. 3332-17-1 of the French Labour Code.The allocations used to gradually reduce the financial risks correspo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Additional provisions relating to preventive measures

Article L311-15

…eaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008. However, the provisions of I shall not affect the rights in rem, within the meaning of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1 The Training and Employment Committee

Article A142-6

…of the French Ski Federation; 16° A member of the French Ski Federation appointed by its President; 17° The President of the French Mountain and Climbing Federation; 18° A member of the French Mountai…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-6

…communicated by insurance companies, via a dedicated dematerialised system, in compliance with law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties. This syst…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1458 bis

…periodicals to the public as agents registered with the commission referred to in Article 26 of Law No. 47-585 of 2 April 1947 on the status of newspaper and periodical publication grouping and distri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-3

…et or putting into service on French territory a device mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €375,000: 1° Without the EU declarati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions.

Article R1121-1

…exclusively on the basis of the use of personal data processing mentioned in I of article 54 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 as amended relating to information technology, files and freedoms and wh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B. - Associations

Article R121-3

…IA. 3;4° For a mission to implement one of the obligations of judicial supervision listed in 6° or 17° of article 138 :IA. 4 for the first six months of judicial supervision and IA. 5 per additional…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-23

…1321-15, R. 1321-15-1 and R. 1321-16 and the additional analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-17 and R. 1321-18, the person responsible for producing or distributing water is required to impleme…

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