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Showing 97519760 of 25376 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 7 Oct. 1997 – JurisData 1997-003951

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Compliance orders

Article L521-3-1

…gement or failure to comply with the provisions mentioned in articles L. 511-5, L. 511-6 and L. 511-7 as well as to the rules relating to the conformity and safety of products from an online interface…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R835-3

…services competent to carry out the controls referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 821-7 are the territorial formation of the national gendarmerie based in the community or, in the absenc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16

…for Culture under the conditions defined by articles 20-5 to 20-8 and 20-10 to 20-13 of decree no. 79-1037 of 3 December 1979 relating to the competence of public archive services and to cooperation…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-19

…notice referred to in article appendix 30-18: 1° The documents referred to in article appendix 30-17 and, where applicable, the report of the merger, demerger or contribution auditor referred to in t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-20

Major events, within the meaning of Article L. 385-7, are at least those which have one of the following characteristics:a) When a deviation from the guarantee fund is observed and the Autorité de con…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article L430-5

…at the end of the period opened to the Minister responsible for the economy by I of Article L. 430-7-1.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Information on business papers.

Article R123-237

…istered office, if there is one ;6° Where applicable, the status of tenant-manager or manager-agent;7° If it is the beneficiary of a business project support contract for the creation or takeover of a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties for non-compliance with the obligation to declare and provide information

Article L7122-16

…arts entrepreneur without holding a valid activity declaration receipt as referred to in article L. 7122-3, or that it has not fulfilled the obligations set out in the third paragraph of I of article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-13

…orm. In addition to the information mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of article L. 1142-7, this list includes, in particular, a medical certificate attesting to the precise extent of the d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Pricing structure and conditions

Article R444-10

…ategory entitled: "Deeds relating mainly to real estate and land", in Table 5 of Article Appendix 4-7;b) Services listed in numbers 113 to 117 of the table referred to in a;c) Real estate contribution…

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