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Showing 30613070 of 21840 articles for Art. Cass. com. 13 December 2017

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R752-4

…pplicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 312-9 and R. 312-10no. 2020-1565 of 10 December 2020R. 312-11No. 2014-737 of 30 June 2014R. 312-12n° 2020-1565 of 10 December 2020R. 312-13…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-3

…al medicine: from among the tenured teaching and hospital staff governed by decree no. 2021-1645 of 13 December 2021 relating to teaching and hospital staff in hospitals and university centres;b) For…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions relating to the accessibility of works to people with sensory disabilities

Article 211-18

…ical requirements of the Charter on the quality of subtitling for the deaf or hard of hearing of 12 December 2011 and those of the Audio Description Charter of 10 December 2008.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the formation and performance of contracts

Article L252-1

…ing from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 222-7 and L. 222-8 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 222-9 to L. 222-16 Resulting from order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L351-5

…to L. 314-9 Resulting from Order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 L. 314-22 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 314-23, with the exception of its fourth and final paragraphs, L. 314…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Powers exercised on behalf of the State.

Article R2122-10

…t the verification procedure provided for by the provisions of Chapter II of Title II of Decree no. 2017-890 of 6 May 2017. The exercise of delegated functions takes place under the control and respon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

Article L5221-8

…resale or use of certain devices or categories of devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 is prohibited or regulated;4° The arrangements for market surveillance of the same devices…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to practice within internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-3

I.-Notwithstanding the provisions of article R. 5126-2, a pharmacist who : 1° On 1 June 2017, provides evidence of having worked in a pharmacy for internal use, either full-time or part-time, for a pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Obligations to report to the Deputy European Public Prosecutor

Article D47-1-30

For the application of articles 696-108 and 696-111, the offences committed after 20 November 2017 falling within the jurisdiction of the European Public Prosecutor's Office and for which the alerts p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1521-2-2

…eme are replaced by references to the social security scheme provided for byOrder no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, sickness, maternity, invalidity and deat…

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