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Showing 39413950 of 19482 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 23 Sept. 2008 – no. 07-13.338

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Infringements of provisions relating to cinematographic exhibition permits

Article L432-3

In the event of conviction to the penalty provided for in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Transport and infrastructure management

Article R4424-11

In the case provided for in the second paragraph of II of article

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Information provided by the promoter

Article R1123-71

…e human person :1° The protocol for research involving the human person referred to in Article R. 1123-20 ; 2° Where applicable, the pharmaceutical form, batch number(s) and expiry date of the medicin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Abolition of replacement income.

Article R5426-3

I.-The Director referred to in article R. 5312-26 shall withdraw the replacement income referred to in article L. 5421-1 for a limited period or definitively in accordance with the following procedure…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-13

…ivalent ;b) One representative of the staff responsible for training and research covered by decree no. 2006-733 of 23 June 2006 relating to senior technical or scientific posts at the Institut nation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 163 bis AA

…pt from income tax when they have been allocated under the conditions provided for in articles L. 3323-2 and L. 3323-3 of the same code or, when they are allocated, pursuant to 2° of article L. 224-2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-35

…rity, company, association or establishment without the authorisation provided for in articles L. 2223-23, L. 2223-41 and L. 2223-43 or when it is suspended or withdrawn pursuant to article L. 2223-25…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-6

…communicated by insurance companies, via a dedicated dematerialised system, in compliance with law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties. This syst…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-12

…bligations set out in Chapter I of Title VI of Book V, to the service referred to in Article L. 561-23. The payee's payment service provider shall keep all information on the payer and payee for a per…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article D527-1

…person to be placed in the National Assessment Centre provided for in articles D. 211-15 and D. 211-23 of the Penitentiary Code, if this placement has not already been ordered by the sentence enforcem…

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