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Showing 34613470 of 20916 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 29 June 2022 – no. 20-11.952

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-3

…or of such a medicinal product is required, within one year of the promulgation of Act 2011-2012 of 29 December 2011 on reinforcing the safety of medicinal products and health products, to make availa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-10

…duration stipulated in the contract, in breach of the provisions of articles L. 3123-21 and L. 3123-29 or of II of article 14 of law no. 2000-37 of 19 January 2000 relating to the negotiated reduction…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation

Article R4461-35

The authorisation referred to in 1° of Article R. 4461-29 issued by the competent administrative authority lapses if : 1° The training organisation has not provided any training in the twelve months f…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Concession contracts awarded without prior advertising or competitive tendering

Article R3121-6

Concession contracts may be concluded without prior advertising or competitive tendering in the following cases: 1° The concession contract may only be awarded to a specific economic operator for tech…

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

Article L722-19

Where there are indications that cash worth less than €10,000 or CFP francs 1,193,300, carried by a bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer, coming from or going t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Control and prohibition of collective water misting systems

Article R1335-22

If the Prefect, on receipt of a referral from the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, considers that one of the requirements resulting from articles R. 1335-16 to R. 1335-20 has not been c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Enforcement of the judgment, compensation for damages and forced execution

Article R623-28

The association representing consumers pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 623-20 is deemed to be a creditor within the meaning of articles L. 111-2 of the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-32-4-1-2

For the purposes of this section, with the exception of articles R. 214-32-20 and R. 214-32-35, references to Member States, Member States of the European Union and the European Union shall be underst…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-99

The term deposits referred to in article R. 214-92 made with the same credit institution by an undertaking for collective real estate investment may not represent more than 20% of its assets. This rat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Accounts and deposits.

Article R312-21

The establishments mentioned in the first paragraph of I shall publish the information provided for in II of article L. 312-19 and in the fourth paragraph of I of article L. 312-20 in their annual rep…

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