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Showing 59215930 of 24560 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 June 2011 – no. 10-19.902

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Investor protection

Article D764-13

…resulting from the decreeD. 452-1, D. 452-2 with the exception of b) of its 4°, D. 452-3 to D. 452-6No. 2005-1211 of 21 September 2005D. 452-7No. 2019-966 of 18 September 2019D. 452-8n° 2005-1211 of 2…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to decisions taken by delegated federations

Article R*131-46

Pursuant to II of article 21 of the law of 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations, if a delegated sports federation remains silent for two months, it is deemed…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Specific provisions for physical activity or sports establishments which organise the practice or teaching of underwater diving

Article R322-43

Notwithstanding Article R. 4461-21 of the Labour Code, the employer may authorise a worker to use his own personal protective equipment, after ensuring that it is appropriate for the work to be carrie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-205

The authorisation for interventional radiology care activity mentioned in 21° of article R. 6122-25 is not required from the holder of the authorisation for surgical care activity when the acts corres…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L71-113-3

…g costs mentioned in article L. 7125-14 as well as contributions to the fund set up by Article L. 1621-2;3° Contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to article L. 7125-27and to the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for works in the animation genre

Article D331-51

For the "Creative Infrastructure" group, a maximum of 31 points are allocated as follows: 1° At least 50% of the costs relating to storyboarding and/or the creation of sets and animation and/or 3D pre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 706-1-1

…iours mentioned in 1° to 5° of II of Article L. 228 du livre des procédures fiscales; 3° Subject to 21° of the article 706-73 of this code, to the last paragraph of article 414 of the Customs Code, th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Territorial mental health project

Article R3224-3

…vices, and recommend actions to remedy them, the shared diagnosis provided for in II ofarticle L. 3221-2 takes into account the following elements: 1° The population's access to psychiatric diagnosis…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES

Article L200-2

…itizens exercise the right to move and reside freely in France conferred on them by Articles 20 and 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, under the conditions and within the limit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Breach of contract.

Article L1237-16

…g from : 1° Agreements resulting from the negotiations mentioned in articles L. 2242-20 and L. 2242-21 ; 2° Employment protection plans under the conditions defined by Article L. 1233-61 ; 3° Collecti…

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