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Showing 28112820 of 20181 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 17 June 2003

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations.

Article D514-20

…public or ministerial officers entrusted with sales under the conditions set out in article D. 514-17, are liable to the institution for the amount of the bids recorded in the sales reports and the a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Technical requirements during building and civil engineering works.

Article R4535-1

…es, provided for in section 16, and to temporary accommodation for workers, provided for in section 17.

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

Article R1541-2

Articles R. 1111-17 to R. 1111-20 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2016-1067 of 3 August 2016, with the exception of III of Article R. 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-7

…and the means employed-the methodology of the research with regard to the provisions of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties, the need to collect an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-197-1

…ll and medium-sized enterprises provided for in Article 2 of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-35

…which he or she has benefited and order his or her re-incarceration. The provisions of Article 712-17 shall apply. The sentence enforcement judge warns the sentenced person that the measures provided…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-51

…lder of an exclusive exploitation right or by the holder of a licence granted under Articles L. 623-17 or L. 623-20, the applicant must justify that the conditions of l'article L. 623-25 sont remplies…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prevention of asbestos-related risks in buildings

Article R1334-14

…16, the owner or owners of the private portion; 3° For the buildings referred to in article R. 1334-17, the owner or owners of the building or, in the case of joint ownership, the joint owners' associ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-5

…tial activity allowance in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 5122-14 to R. 5122-17.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-14

The provisions of 2° and 3° of III of Article L. 622-17, those of Chapters IV, with the exception of those of Article L. 624-17, and V of Title II of this Book relating to the determination of the deb…

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