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Showing 45214530 of 21821 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Apr. 2017 – no. 15-27.865

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial provisions.

Article R6147-109

…lth establishment of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon with the exception of articles R. 6145-21 and R. 6145-26. II. - For the application of article R. 6145-14, without prejudice to the provisions of the firs…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-2

…likely to fall, and if so, on what terms and conditions. Agreements entered into on or after 1 July 2017 provide for the possibility of reducing the service value of the annuity unit and of conversion…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-8

…for any other instruments in accordance with the provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/588 of 14 July 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Co…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Reception facilities

Article L551-10

The applicant is informed, in a language he or she understands or may reasonably be expected to understand, that he or she may be refused material reception conditions or that they may be terminated u…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2611-1

For the application of articles R. 2172-15 and R. 2172-18 in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and La Réunion, the words: "regional director of cultural affairs" are replaced by the words…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-16

The draft terms of merger are not submitted to the merging company's bondholders' meetings. However, the general meeting of bondholders may give a mandate to the representatives of the general body of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Automatic processing of personal data known as the "Assisted return statistics and monitoring tool".

Article R142-39

…by Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Articles 49 and 50 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 may be exercised by contacting the Director General of the French Office…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Samples taken from a living person.

Article R1211-9

When elements of the human body are collected during a medical procedure under the conditions provided for in article L. 1245-2, the health care establishment shall bear the costs of the medical biolo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article R2334-2

For the application of article L. 2334-4:1° The compensation allocations referred to in 1 of II of this article taken into account are those recorded on 15 February of the year of allocation in the ac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-10

If the sentenced person resides in a jurisdiction other than that of the court that handed down the sentence, the public prosecutor at that court shall directly send a copy of the decision(s) to the t…

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