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Showing 49014910 of 24560 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 June 2011 – no. 10-19.902

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article R744-15

…ght-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from the decree R. 221-1 2008-1263 of 4 December 2008 R. 221-2 with the exception of the last paragraph and R. 221-2-1 N…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

…n 20 weeks after the end of the undertaking's financial year, for financial years ending between 30 June 2016 and 1 January 2017; b) No later than 18 weeks after the end of the undertaking's financial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Working hours, rest periods and holidays.

Article L3422-2

…1° 27 April in Mayotte ; 2° 22 May in Martinique ; 3° 27 May in Guadeloupe and Saint-Martin ; 4° 10 June in French Guiana ; 5° On 9 October in Saint-Barthélemy ; 6° On 20 December in Réunion.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-11

…date of the decision of the Sanction Commission or of the agreement provided for in article L. 232-21, except where b of IV of article L. 232-23-3-10 is applied. Where the person concerned is current…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article R742-15

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 221-12008-1263 of 4 December 2008R. 221-2 with the exception of the last paragraph and R. 221-2-1No.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preventing obesity and overweight

Article R3232-7

…ent et du travail. This order complies with the provisions of Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011, as amended, on the provision…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6262-7

…he first paragraph of article LO 6262-2 for the adoption of the primary budget are postponed to 1st June and 15th June respectively. In this case, the deadline for the transmission of the accounting o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-35

…ovisual works, direct allocations are granted in addition to the sums invested pursuant to Articles 211-66 and 311-57, in respect of applications submitted between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2021 for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-3

…or any operator of such a medicinal product is required, within one year of the promulgation of Act 2011-2012 of 29 December 2011 on reinforcing the safety of medicinal products and health products, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports

Article L784-9

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 621-15 with the exception of the 9th paragraph of c), the 9th and 10th paragraphs of d) and h) of its…

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