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Showing 42014210 of 22708 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 9 Jan. 1985

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Links of interest and transparency

Article L1451-2

…for in article L. 1453-3, subject to the reservations provided for in articles L. 1453-6 to L. 1453-9, applies to the persons mentioned in article L. 1451-1 as well as to persons who occasionally coll…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-34

…r involve the use of information that has been classified pursuant to the provisions of article 413-9 of the Penal Code and relating to intelligence activities, the provisions of articles 694-4 and 69…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: La Monnaie de Paris

Article R121-12

The Board of Directors may, in the matters listed in 7°, 8°, 9°, 10°, 11°, 13°, 14° and 15° of article R. 121-9, delegate its powers to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer under the conditions an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-22-2

…ps, tokens or tickets where the amount exceeds 2,000 euros per session for the persons mentioned in 9° of Article L. 561-2 or where a player bets or wins more than 2,000 euros per transaction for the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter IV: The Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council of French Guiana

Article R7124-5

…cial, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council, with the exception of the members mentioned in 9° and 10° of Article R. 7124-1. If one or more seats cannot be filled in accordance with the proced…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter VI: The Martinique Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council

Article R7226-5

…cial, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council, with the exception of the members mentioned in 9° and 10° of Article R. 7226-1. If one or more seats cannot be filled in accordance with the proced…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reception and supervision of trainees

Article R8115-6

…from failure to comply with articles L. 124-8, L. 124-14 and the first paragraph of article L. 124-9 of the Education Code. To set the amount of the fine applicable to breaches of articles L. 124-8,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: STAY DOCUMENTS

Article L411-4

…e or parent mentioned in article L. 421-26; 6° To the foreign national mentioned in article L. 421-29; in this case, its duration is equal to that remaining on the residence permit of the spouse or pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Information for consumers of packaged natural mineral water

Article R1322-44-10

…or distributed free of charge shall include, in addition to the particulars provided for in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-17

…t of compensation due to the victim or his heirs, after deduction of the benefits listed inarticle 29 of the aforementioned law no. 85-677 of 5 July 1985 and, more generally, compensation of any kind…

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