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Showing 60716080 of 22478 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 June 2016 – no. 14-26.938

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-61

…pplicable, a copy of the service contract; 8° A copy of the declaration provided for inArticle L. 1221-10 of the Labour Code and the document acknowledging receipt by the recipient organisation; 9° A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.

Article L123-5-2

…ot file their accounts under the conditions and within the time limits laid down in articles L. 232-21 to L. 232-23, the president of the commercial court may issue an injunction to that company to do…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties of the social and economic committee in undertakings with at least eleven employees and fewer than fifty employees

Article L2312-6

…ng the application of the provisions of articles :a) L. 1251-18 concerning remuneration ;b) L. 1251-21 to L. 1251-23 concerning working conditions ;c) L. 1251-24 concerning access to collective means…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-25

…these UCITS, FIA or investment funds for the purposes of applying the limits set out in article R. 214-21.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 15: Electronic communications services contracts

Article D224-58

…rs to use the terminal equipment of their choice in accordance with Article 3(1) of Regulation 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 ; 2° As part of the price inf…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: FIA

Article L214-24

…nvestment funds governed by Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011, known as "AIFs": 1° Raise capital from a number of investors with a view to investing it,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-6

The Agency's staff are governed by the provisions of articles L. 5323-1 to L. 5323-4. The members of the Agency's Board of Directors and any other persons in possession of information held by the Agen…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Commissions attached to the National Consumer Institute

Article L822-10

The commission mentioned in article L. 822-4 may obtain any information or consult on site any documents that it considers useful for carrying out its duties, without being able to oppose the articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Vigilance measures.

Article L5222-3

The obligations of notification to the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products or of information incumbent, under the vigilance exercised over the devices mentioned in Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declaration of public interest and protection perimeter

Article R1322-17

…e opinion of the approved public health hydrogeologist under the conditions set out in article R. 1321-14. This opinion relates in particular to the exploitation rate, the justification and determinat…

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