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Showing 30913100 of 21660 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Sept. 2018 – no. 16-13917

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-6

The term of office of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, appointed for three years, is renewable once. This provision shall not prevent the Chairman from holding a directorship before or after hi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account management

Article L4163-14

The professional prevention account is managed by the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie and the network of organisations of the occupational injury and disease branch of the general scheme. The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-9

…ut conseil du commissariat aux comptes, under conditions that comply with the provisions of Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014. When they concern statutory auditors who do not…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Health organisation

Article D364

…prévenir en cas d'incident dans les conditions déterminées par les dispositions de l'article D. 214-26 of the same code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to 1°: "resuscitation and paediatric intensive care", 2°: "resuscitation and paediatric intensive care" and 3°: "derogatory multi-purpose paediatric intensive care".

Article D6124-33-3

The non-medical team of the paediatric intensive care unit includes at least :1° Two state-qualified nurses per four open beds. The team includes at least one state-qualified nursery nurse for every f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L533-29-3

…th a branch or subsidiary that is a financial institution within the meaning of Article 4(1), point 26 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 in a Member State or in a third country other than the one in whic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Bankruptcy.

Article L654-4

When the perpetrator or accomplice to bankruptcy is a manager of an investment services provider, the penalties are increased to seven years' imprisonment and a fine of €100,000..

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 55 bis

…Procedure. This article is also applicable in the context of the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash enter…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions

Article L312-17

In the event of a conviction for one of the offences mentioned in articles L. 312-14 to L. 312-16, the court may prohibit the organisation of public sporting events in the enclosure. Provisional enfor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-27

…y stipulate that, with the exception of those provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 223-26 All or some of the decisions may be taken by written consultation of the members or may result fr…

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