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Showing 14211430 of 22033 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 Oct. 2015 – no. 14-20.924

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Judicial representatives

Article R812-21-1

The provisions relating to the supervision and inspection of judicial agents, are applicable to the persons mentioned in III of Article L. 812-2 subject to the following provisions: 1° The provisions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-21-1

Where the court considers that the sale of all or part of the business is conceivable, it shall appoint an administrator, if one has not already been appointed, to take all necessary steps to prepare…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Terms and conditions of office

Article L7227-14

…lors to the assembly and members of the executive council pursuant to articles L. 7227-19 à L. 7227-21. The actual amount of this training expenditure may not exceed 20% of the same amount. Appropriat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bodies

Article R4021-14

…t Board is composed equally of representatives of the professional sections defined in article R. 4021-15, appointed on their proposal by the Director General of the National Agency for Professional D…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-6

The file manager checks the validity of the information recorded and, depending on the case, refuses or deletes records that do not comply with legal requirements. The magistrate in charge of the nati…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article L224-25-21

In the cases provided for in article L. 224-25-20, the consumer shall inform the trader of his decision to obtain a price reduction. The price reduction is proportional to the difference between the v…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4451-14

When carrying out the risk assessment, the employer shall in particular take into consideration: 1° The inventory of ionising radiation sources provided for in Article R. 1333-158 of the Public Health…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-2

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall consult the competent authorities within the meaning of Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Seizure of assets

Article 706-148

…operty for which confiscation is provided pursuant to the fifth and sixth paragraphs of article 131-21 of the Criminal Code when the law punishing the crime or offence so provides or when the origin o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: The therapeutic injunction process

Article R3413-14

The relay doctor monitors how the therapeutic injunction is being implemented. In the third and sixth months of the measure, he carries out a new medical examination of the person concerned, then, if…

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