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Showing 13311340 of 22478 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 June 2016 – no. 14-26.938

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-14

…1 is applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system. Article L. 4151-2 is a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Common provisions

Article R53-21-25

…ntionnée, sauf en ce qui concerne les personnes habilitées à accéder mentionnées aux articles R. 53-21-2 and R. 53-21-3 shall not apply to this processing operation. The right to object provided for i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: The national information system common to the regional joint cross-industry committees

Article R6323-21-8

…l data implemented by means of the joint national information system referred to in Article R. 6323-21-7.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21-1

Any policyholder of an insurance contract provided for in Article L. 211-1 must affix to the insured motor vehicle, in accordance with the conditions laid down by an order of the Minister for the Econ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation.

Article R814-143

…he company of the simultaneous requests for withdrawal made by the partners pursuant to the article 21 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 or, in the event of successive applications, by the last of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21-7

The vehicles referred to in the second paragraph of article R. 211-21-1 used by the State must be equipped with a specific insurance certificate, the characteristics of which are set by the Minister f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Recording data in the directory

Article R53-21-5

…on relating to the data recorded in the register in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 53-21-2 : -nature of the measure referred to in article R. 53-21-2 and the date on which it was carried…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-4

…h 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, on 1°, 2° or 3° of II of Article L. 613-20-4 or on the measures to be taken in the presen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Radiation .

Article R4722-21-3

The employer must prove that he has referred the matter to the body referred to in Article R. 4722-21-2 within the time limit set and must forward the results of the technical inspection to the Labour…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21-3

The certificate referred to in article R. 211-21-2 is issued by the insurance undertaking within a maximum of fifteen days of taking out the contract and renewed when subsequent premiums or portions o…

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