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Showing 37113720 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing and registration of the declaration

Article R6351-4

The declaration of activity indicates the name, address, purpose of the activity and legal status of the declarant.Where applicable, the organisation should mention any other activities it carries out…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment

Article R6341-39

…paid by the body entrusted with management or by the Agence de services et de paiement, as the case may be.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prior authorisation

Article R5213-11

…cy, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend the authorisation of an advertisement for a maximum period of three months.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prior authorisation

Article R5223-11

…cy, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend the authorisation of an advertisement for a maximum period of three months.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rest homes for women who have recently given birth.

Article D6124-441

…ablishment must sign a written agreement with the surgeons, specialists and medical auxiliaries who may be called upon in case of need.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation.

Article R6223-54

Except in the event of the company being struck off, the liquidator may be chosen from among the partners. Where there is only one remaining partner, that partner is automatically the liquidator.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxes

Article 1519

…ted from deposits located beyond 1 nautical mile of the baselines defined in Article 2 of Ordinance no. 2016-1687 of 8 December 2016 on maritime areas under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Fren…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-46

…ntract. The contract also provides, on pain of suspension of access to the numbers concerned, which may be followed by termination of the contract in the event of repetition, that the subscriber provi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 459

…e an informed personal decision alone, the judge or the family council, if it has been constituted, may provide that he or she will benefit from the assistance of the person responsible for his or her…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-3-1

…hands of his or her spouse, cohabitee or partner in a civil solidarity pact, the public prosecutor may allocate to the victim, for a renewable period of six months and if he or she expressly consents…

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