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Showing 35213530 of 20181 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 17 June 2003

French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article R452-2

…article L. 423-3; 2° Paragraph 3 of Article 19 and paragraph 3 of Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4311-6

…f Articles 4 and 7 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and product conformity and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regula…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article R511-18

…1 of Article 450 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 published by credit institutions, financial holding companies, mixed financial holding com…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Specialised credit institutions

Article R513-20

…1 of Article 416 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 ;2° Within the limit of the sums due within 180 days pursuant to Article R. 513-7, in addi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific rules concerning third countries for the management of FIAs

Article R532-32

…ovided for in Article 37 of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011.Where France is designated as the reference Member State, the Autorité des marchés financi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Assessment of refusal of care

Article D4122-4-2

…ial Security Code, these commissions each submit an annual report to the Minister for Health, by 30 June at the latest. Each national council of the medical profession will make this report public wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Enforcement provisions.

Article L323-34

…assistance scheme, including those paid pursuant to Articles 35 and 39 (1) of Law no. 75-534 of 30 June 1975; The terms and conditions under which the persons concerned are required to contribute, wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-9-1

…ext of the research defined in Article L. 1121-1 , advanced therapy medicinal products mentioned in 17° of Article L. 5121-1 may be prepared, stored, distributed, transferred, imported and exported by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-4

…has failed to comply with the obligations incumbent upon him or her under 1°, 2°, 3°, 8°, 9°, 14°, 17° and 17° bis of article 138. The person may then, on the decision of a judicial police officer, b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…he obligations or prohibitions referred to in 1°, 2°, 3°, 3° bis, 7°, 8°, 9°, 12°, 12° bis, 14° and 17° of Article 138 and in Article 138-3 of this code as well as the similar obligations and prohibit…

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