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Showing 32413250 of 19780 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 June 2005 – no. 04-12087

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R4235-1

…um work under the conditions laid down by the provisions adopted in application of articles L. 5125-21 and L. 6221-11. Infringements of these provisions are subject to the disciplinary jurisdiction of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Allocation de professionnalisation et de solidarité et allocation de fin de droits.

Article D5424-56

The involuntarily unemployed workers referred to in Article L. 5424-21 may benefit from: 1° A single entitlement to the end-of-rights allowance when they have less than five years' continuous seniorit…

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

Article R5122-11

…e healthcare professional of: 1° The summary of product characteristics referred to in article R. 5121-21 ; 2° The information provided for in 13°, 14° and 15° of article R. 5122-8 ; 3° the opinion is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R722-22

The declaration of interests of commercial court judges referred to in I of article L. 722-21 includes the following information:1° Identification of the declarant:a) The surname, first name and date…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 sexies

…State pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste;2. Any operator of a facility subject to authorisation or registrati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies

Article L214-190-2

…as a specialised finance company on all deeds and documents intended for third parties. Articles L. 214-177 to L. 214-179 apply to specialised finance companies. For the preparation of their annual ac…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L433-2

…la pêche maritime ;2° De délivrer un certificat de conformité en méconnaissance de l'article L. 641-21 du code rural et de la pêche maritime;3° Using or attempting to use a certificate of conformity f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18

…thorised to provide investment services may, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles L. 511-21 to L. 511-26, provide investment and related services under the freedom to provide services in ma…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZH

…es paris sportifs en ligne organisés et exploités dans les conditions fixées à in Article 12 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 on opening up competition and regulating the online gambling sector, a l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to certain categories of workers.

Article L5523-2

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