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Showing 77217730 of 24728 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 17 Jan. 2012 – no. 10-27.701

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Access to documents and supporting documents.

Article L6362-7

The organisations responsible for carrying out all or part of the actions mentioned in article L. 6313-1 shall pay to the Treasury, jointly and severally with their de facto or de jure managers, a sum…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General authorisation conditions

Article R4211-32

…re, distribute and transfer individually prepared advanced therapy medicinal products as defined in 17° of Article L. 5121-1, including in the context of biomedical research as referred to in Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L924-6

…ntracts have been made compulsory in accordance with Article 164 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of 17 December 2013 before 1 January 2019 and that their extension is renewed from that date without an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of hazardous mixtures

Article R1342-15

…e with the provisions of Article R. 4411-73 of the Labour Code;9° The label provided for in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Continuation of the business.

Article R622-15

…inted, shall keep the mandataire judiciaire informed of the claims mentioned in I of Article L. 622-17 of which he has become aware under the conditions provided for in IV of the same article. The lis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Informing users and expressing their wishes

Article R1521-2

…Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern Territories in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-137 of 26 February 2018. Articles R. 1111-17 to R. 1111-20 are applicable in the territory…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Preparations for the vote and voting (R)

Article R1112-6

…at which the poll opens and closes; 16° Article R. 58 relating to checks on the identity of voters; 17° Article R. 59 relating to the obligation to be registered on the electoral roll; 18° Article R.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibited work

Article D4154-1

…s of mercury; 15° Manganese dioxide (or manganese dioxide); 16° Fluorine gas and hydrofluoric acid; 17° Iodine, solid or vapour, excluding compounds; 18° Carbon oxychloride; 19° Paraquat; 20° Phosphor…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-2

…tracts giving rise to the aforementioned liabilities to be taken into account is defined in Article 17 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. The boundaries of these co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L5216-5

…economic development: economic development actions under the conditions set out in article L. 4251-17; creation, development, maintenance and management of industrial, commercial, tertiary, craft, to…

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